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Maybe Jose263 will chirp in, he is in your neck of the woods.
The Orinoco which is pretty common in our area will sometimes produce if we've had a mild winter. Some folks will get the shorter varieties like Raja Puri (6' or 7' tall) and winterze the plant around December by putting grass clippings in leaf bags and tying or wrapping the bags around the main trunk (psudostem). Then removing in the springtime and saving most of the stem giving it a head start for reaching maturity and producing bunches of fruit instead of spending most of the important summer days growing to a tall height and then setting fruit. This takes up valuable time and with our shorter subtropical climate needs all the help we can give them. Although our climate is mild the banana is a tropical plant and really needs 12 months/year of warm weather to abundantly produce. Hope this helps.