Well, maybe not side by side -
Dwarf Orinoco is pictured above and Below is my California Gold bunch about 10 minutes ago.
Very similar but California Gold seems to produce a few more hands:
The Dwarf Orinoco fruit bunch and growth habit seems to vary greatly from one location to another.
My Dwarf Orinoco came from Southergrower. Mine only get 5 - 5.5ft of trunk tops and give 5-7 hands.
His tend to get a bit taller (6-7ft) and I think he is getting 4-5 hands. But, His fruit is TWICE the size of what I get!! There are apparently many many factors involved in what is going to come out.
The banana in pic above is a Dwarf Orinoco that Southerngrower sent me from his recent harvest.
Keep in mind the plants that Southergrower and I have are form the same corm and should be genetically identical I believe.
Mike