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Originally Posted by venturabananas
Dwarf Namwah is definitely a dwarf, with a maximum height normally around 8' or so, as opposed to tall "Namwah" (Pisang Awak) cultivars that can be 12' or more. The Dwarf Namwah in that photo does look suspiciously slender for it's height, maybe a labeling mix up? Or just a taller and more slender than usual Dwarf Namwah.
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I think it looks slender because the ladder (and a sucker) are both in front of the main stem. Went and measured it and the DN in the my picture is just over 9' to the top of the pseudo-stem, and it's base is a little over 10" in diameter.
Could be a labeling mix-up, but I stopped at a South Florida banana nursery and picked them out on site with the owner, while on my way back from the Keys last year. Pretty confident they are what they are supposed to be.
DM