JoeReal

In California, I still have to see an orinoco fruit bigger than the saba fruits in the Philippines. Have a decent piece of land in the Philippines and several untended saba, with the true definition of Philippine saba, which is indeed the sequoia of edible bananas. My saba in the Philippines can tower to more than 20 ft high at least, with trunk diameters reaching 3 to 4 ft, and the fruits are really big. The orinocos here in California, well, are itty bitty by comparison. I don't find the true saba to be really cold hardy here in California, they die back to the ground each winter with rotten pseudostem but returns every spring.