MarkM

Bought this 'ice cream' banana from a big box store. It popped the bud about a month ago at 5 feet tall, its second pup also just flowered at 5 feet tall. From all the photo references I see online, an ice cream musa should have a purple/red bud and be much taller, in fact all the so called 'ice creams' that get confused for the same like dwarf namwah/dwarf cavendish/blue java all have a purple/red bud, so any idea what this musa is since the bud is light green? Btw, these photos are of the mom and the pup, I cut off the bud from the mom, the pup still has his bud on.

Mikemooreflorida

oh ****... not even close!!
thats basjoo which isn't even an edible variety of banana.

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Current varieties:
Dwarf Cavendish Fruited , Apple Mansano TC unconfirmed, Rajapuri TC Fruited, Gold Finger TC unconfirmed, Dwarf Namwa TC Fruited, Dwarf Orinoco TC Fruited, Sweetheart FHIA-03 Fruited, Tall Red banana Fruited, Blue Java Fruited, Tall Namwa Fruited, Pisang Raja Fruited, Hua Moa TC Stunted, Dwarf Brazilian Fruited, High Gate unconfirmed, Tall Brazilian Fruited, Kokopo unconfirmed, FHIA-17 Fruited, Dwarf Plantain Fruited.

MarkM

Thanks! Lol. So I've been babying this useless weed for nothing?! Heh, now it will be replaced with something more useful, because it's a nice spot for a banana surrounded by concrete and close to a carport, so in winter it tends to do well here. Thankfully this year I bought and planted out 20+ different varieties from more reputable online sources, such as all the varieties from florida hill nursery and other places, I really went bananas this summer, and this one time fool won't be fooled again by a big box store!

wstrickland1

Florida Hill will sell you a namwah advertised as a blue java in a skinny minute. Probably other switcharoos too.

MarkM

Hmm... I guess I'll need to wait till next year to see if the hands on the bunches will have the knuckles like a blue java does vs the namwah. I'll be pushing all my bananas hard with npk and organics and hope we have a mild winter like past two ones in my area, the winter of 2017 was a real naughty one, hope some of that global warming drama is working in my favor here lol. Thanks for the heads up.

Iowa

You should have bought your Basjoo at this Lowes.

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Growing Musa Orinoco since 1993 - Added 2018-Basjoo, Zebrina' Rojo, Ensete Red Abyssinian - Added 2019-Goldfinger - Added 2020-Kokopo (Short Cycle), Double (Mahoi), Highgate, Super Dwarf Cavendish - Added 2021-Pisang Ceylon(Mysore), Musa Margarita, Ensete Ventricosum - Added 2023 - Siam Ruby

wstrickland1

Hey we get what we get. I bought a Blue Java from them and it has exploded in to a gorgeous plant, almost 6' pstem in just over 3 months......but I'm 99% sure it's a namwah. I truly don't mind because it is a beautiful specimen but still it's not what they said it was.

wstrickland1

My Florida Hill "Blue Java" 3 months after planting the wimpy TC plantlet.

BrownEyesBlueJava

Bananas from FHN are "like a box of chocolates. Never know whatcha gonna get." I won't know until next year on some.

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1. Orinoco
2. Manzano
3. Gros Michel?
4. Mahoi "Double"?
5. Namwa?
6. Other

wstrickland1

At least it was beastly

MarkM

Guys, thanks for all the replies and extra info. Aloha Tropicals also carries the blue java and many other pacific varieties. What's interesting is I made a good order of different varieties from them and they didn't have half of them in stock and only sent out what they had available, I'm pretty happy cause I trust them now that they won't just send some variety for another, they just crossed out on the order page what they didn't have in stock and only charged for and shipped out what they had in stock.