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Originally Posted by venturabananas
Rob, doesn't look right to me for FHIA-18. The leaves should be drooping, not as erect as those on your plant (at least they appear that way in your photos). The p-stem and petioles seem too colorful, too. Lots of red and not enough dark blotches at the petiole bases. Could be the climate or something else, but if I had to bet, I'd bet no.
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Thanks Mark, the one thing that until now made me think it was correctly FHIA-18 was the bioversity international guide to FHIA bananas
http://growables.org/information/Tro...HIAhybrids.pdf where it says on p.6 that the p-stem is "reddish, no blotches or very few blotches" for both FHIA-02 & 18. The picture of FHIA-02 looks a lot like mine, but mine are much shorter. There isn't actually a picture of 18 in the whole guide and I haven't been able to find good pics anywhere for comparison. At least I'll have a good idea of the fruit size and shape in a few months, and the male bud sooner.