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50% M. ingens 'unknown variety thing' germination.
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Are your seeds from Trebrown? The "Papua new guinea unknown variety"? These are most likely NOT musa ingens at all. I will quate what Phil (The owner) had to say about these seeds:
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I first got some of these a couple of months ago. It was the guy I sent to collect the M. ingens who found it. The germination test on the first seeds was excellent, and I asked him to get me some pictures. Well he didn't get me any pictures, but he sent me more seeds. His description is also vague. The fruit is not edible and I think the fruit is possibly schizocarpic (the fruit splits when ripe). There are only a few known species in the area that it could possibly be. Those are:
Musa maclayi subsp. Ailuluai
Musa maclayi subsp. Maclayi
Musa schizocarpa
But there maybe many many unknown species in that area. The area is very high, and these will be amongst the hardiest Papua New Guinea bananas.
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Erlend