CTC Hawaii

Hi Everyone,

I planted a pup about 4 years ago and it’s gone crazy since. I currently have 2 flowers with large bundles as shown in the photos. One of them started to grow a second bunch of smaller bananas. Is this a normal thing to happen when letting the flowers grow without cutting them?

Is this a Blue Java? If not, any idea what it may be?

Thanks all!

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Yug

Those look like Saba (cooking bananas, not Blue Java). Generally the peduncle has male flowers below the bunch, and they never develop into anything, but yours appears to have had some female flowers lower down than normal, and they've decided to develop into even more nanners! Bonus!

CTC Hawaii

Thanks so much! Spot on with the Saba it seems. We've been trying to confirm what they might be for quite some time now, so very grateful for the hint!

pitangadiego

Not Ice cream. I have seen an occasional flower spike that reverted back to female flowers for a second time. Not common, but not an issue.

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Backyard Banana Joe

Wow those look great!

Valor_X

That's pretty cool looking!!

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

LaBananaGwr2018

Thank you for sharing. Your plant looks amazing. Have never seen anything like that before.

CTC Hawaii

Thanks! Thought it very cool to see the second bunch of females. Never saw that before.

Mikemooreflorida

In my searching for another variety I do recall seeing a variety listed as commonly having a second set of females.. of course I don't recall what book/pdf it was but its out there in the www somewhere.

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Current varieties:
Dwarf Cavendish Fruited , Apple Mansano TC unconfirmed, Rajapuri TC Fruited, Gold Finger TC unconfirmed, Dwarf Namwa TC Fruited, Dwarf Orinoco TC Fruited, Sweetheart FHIA-03 Fruited, Tall Red banana Fruited, Blue Java Fruited, Tall Namwa Fruited, Pisang Raja Fruited, Hua Moa TC Stunted, Dwarf Brazilian Fruited, High Gate unconfirmed, Tall Brazilian Fruited, Kokopo unconfirmed, FHIA-17 Fruited, Dwarf Plantain Fruited.