Lousiana banana on Ebay

Tropicallvr · 03-07-2008, 11:43 AM

Anyone have any guesses what this one on ebay might be? Maybe M.brazilian?
Banana plant bulb grows up to 15 foot - eBay (item 250221248068 end time Mar-08-08 05:22:32 PST)

Whatever · 03-07-2008, 12:21 PM

Alright pete (Lagniappe) time to chime in. lol

Lagniappe · 03-07-2008, 11:13 PM

lol ,yeah .
I was wondering the same thing, she's right across the river from me . I invited her to the forum and I hope she joins .
She said that ,according to the wiki, this is an itenerans . It doesn't appear to be one to me . I was also thinking D. Orinoco or brazilian .

Gabe15 · 03-08-2008, 12:51 AM

Its so hard to see the bunch, but its looks like 'Orinoco'.

natedogg1026 · 03-08-2008, 01:14 AM

Sorry I have to say this. Corms not bulbs. O.K. I feel better.

bigdog · 03-08-2008, 09:43 AM

If I had to guess, I'd say Orinoco also. One thing is for sure: It is definitely, without a doubt, unequivocally, NOT Musa itinerans!

STEELVIPER · 03-08-2008, 09:57 AM

I have heard that Orinoco grows wild in southern Louisiana.

Lagniappe · 03-08-2008, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by natedogg1026

Sorry I have to say this. Corms not bulbs. O.K. I feel better.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigdog

If I had to guess, I'd say Orinoco also. One thing is for sure: It is definitely, without a doubt, unequivocally, NOT Musa itinerans!

Yup ,those are some of the reasons I directed her to the org .
Say , there's snow all over my maurelii right now and several of them have a foot or so of new leaf on em . Would I be a top notch ebayer if I took a pick and put them up for auction :
INCREDIBLE RED SNOW BANANA !!!!! SUPER VARIEGATION!!! RARE!!! MAKES DELICIOUS BANANAS WITH SEEDS EVERY SUMMER!!! ONLY $300.00 !!!!!

bikoro child · 03-08-2008, 01:02 PM

haha Congratulations you have found a very good business!!

natedogg1026 · 03-08-2008, 04:45 PM

Funny.

southlatropical · 03-08-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by STEELVIPER

I have heard that Orinoco grows wild in southern Louisiana.

I believe Orinoco are what I have although I have not made a positive ID yet. The one time that one of them bloomed it looked just like the picture she posted. Whatever it is it's indestructable down here. They are growing all over the place and are frequently given away to neighbors and friends. That's why they are so common down here. I gave away a dozen or more plants to co-workers last year.

Tropicallvr · 03-08-2008, 09:58 PM

Isn't Lousiana historicly the grand daddy of banana growing states in the US? I have heard stories of the early French plantations, past hybridizing programs, tons of wild nanners. Maybe theres a few old hybrids, and odd balls down there waiting to be rediscovered, like M.bordelion was, and the one called Musa 1780 that was brought in to Lousiana in 1780. That's a serious time line there!

southlatropical · 03-09-2008, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tropicallvr

Isn't Lousiana historicly the grand daddy of banana growing states in the US? I have heard stories of the early French plantations, past hybridizing programs, tons of wild nanners. Maybe theres a few old hybrids, and odd balls down there waiting to be rediscovered, like M.bordelion was, and the one called Musa 1780 that was brought in to Lousiana in 1780. That's a serious time line there!

That's very ineresting. I never heard of the hybridizing before, but it sounds plausable. I would guess that about 30% of the homes in my area have bananas planted in the yard. They are mostly 3 types, either Ornata, Velutina, or the very large Orinoco looking plants. Lately zebrina and maurelli have become more popular.

STEELVIPER · 03-09-2008, 08:40 PM

Plenty of rain and heat down there to grow bananas.

southlatropical · 03-10-2008, 07:49 AM

I'm going to try to remember to take the camera along with me in the car later this summer when everything is grown out around here. We were discussing in another thread that some people think banana plants are "trashy" and would never plant them in their yards. It's interesting to look around now and see all these little run down shacks with huge banana stands that have been in the yard for ages. And now in the high-end subdivisions banana plants are the new "must have" landscape plants. I linked the thread below.

Some people hate banana plants

Steve L · 03-10-2008, 08:05 AM

I think most of these old stands of bananas are Orinoco. They must be one tough bird because in the southwestern part of the state where I live, in lower Cameron Parish, they took 12 feet of Gulf water from Rita, and those stands were back up and blooming last summer. They stayed flooded with salt water for several days before the water receeded.

Steve

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