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chong · 04-02-2009, 12:53 PM

All I can tell about those are that the one on the left is a Dwarf Orinoco, and the one on the right is a Tall Orinoco. Those are pictures from pertinent descriptions of each plant in the Agristarts gallery. In both cases, Agristarts describes them as "having little curvature" in the fruit.

The way to tell which is which, before they bloom, is by how fast they grow. The Tall Orinoco will grow twice as fast as the Dwarf. I have been sold a "Dwarf Lady Finger" by a Seller that also has Tall Orinoco for sale. In one shipment, he sent me 2 alleged DLF, but one stayed small and the other one grew really fast. Then this winter, the tall one stayed green, while the other turned black. This would support my suspicion that he sent me one Tall Orinoco and one DLF, instead of 2 DLF.

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chong Senior Member chong's Photo Gallery Location: Seattle, WA Find me on the map! Zone: 8-9 Name: Chong Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,851 BananaBucks : 98,817 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,310 Times Was Thanked 1,702 Times in 759 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 991 Times	Re: Musa Orinoco Fruit All I can tell about those are that the one on the left is a Dwarf Orinoco, and the one on the right is a Tall Orinoco. Those are pictures from pertinent descriptions of each plant in the Agristarts gallery. In both cases, Agristarts describes them as "having little curvature" in the fruit. The way to tell which is which, before they bloom, is by how fast they grow. The Tall Orinoco will grow twice as fast as the Dwarf. I have been sold a "Dwarf Lady Finger" by a Seller that also has Tall Orinoco for sale. In one shipment, he sent me 2 alleged DLF, but one stayed small and the other one grew really fast. Then this winter, the tall one stayed green, while the other turned black. This would support my suspicion that he sent me one Tall Orinoco and one DLF, instead of 2 DLF.