Another Banana ID Request Please

[khaskings]

Hi folks,

Can anyone here ID this banana for us. It was helpfully labelled 'Banana' at Crews Hill, whch, although it's technically correct, it isn't helpful to those of us who prefer a vowel heavy Latin name.

This isn't a quiz. I don't know the answer so if no-one knows we will all be frustrated. Likewise, if you come up with the goods I can offer no prize or renumeration beyond encouraging you to enjoy to the full that feeling of self satisfied smugness that you get when you're the first to metaphorically elbow your way through all the other chancers to the front of the online crowd to declare the truth in your loudest possible typing with your hands on your hips.

Thankyou very much

[sanatic1234]

It looks like a Cavendish to me, but I'm sure mush will be able to identify it straight away for you.

[SteveW]

Looks like musella lasiocarpa (golden lotus banana)
Nice and hardy here

[bev]

i was going to post the same question, i bought the same one from there a couple of weeks back. i thought it was musella lasiocarpa, but after potting it on a couple of days ago i woke up to find all the leaf stems had collapsed no damage whatsoever to the leaves. it wasn't overwatered or underwatered....

what the hell has happened?

cheers

lee

[khaskings]

I'm not fully conversent with plant disorders, but it looks like a case of 'plant sadness' to me. It wasn't one of twins that you seperated by any chance? Or maybe left all it's friends behind possibly....

I'll get me coat.....

On a more serious note, parts of our garden look *exactly* the same as your photo, pots of stuff everywhere. We picked up 2 of those massively flowered Hibiscus for £4 each - bargain

[musa_monkey]

I would agree with Steve definately a Lasciocarpa, which for me is the slowest growing banana plant i have.

Bev my instant reaction would have been lack of water however i have seen similar with a waterlogged site (not enough drainage) and also where there was a sudden change in temperature. I recall taking a Siam ruby outside and overnight the temperature dropped significantly and it ended up looking like that for a while. It perked up eventually though.

[Dave Brown]

Musella lasiocarpa for me as well. leaf shape is wrong for Cavendish. Lee. your's looks like it has been grown warm and dark, so is very stretched and then you have exposed it to air movement and the petioles have collapsed. Happens like that with Ensete if grown in poor light.

[mushtaq86]

Looks like musella lasiocarpa (golden lotus banana)
Nice and hardy here

Agree with Steve.

[grub]

I saw these in there last week and had to look twice, they are very, very stretched Mussella , they did have some nice Cavs in there too

[khaskings]

Thanks everyone.

By committee decision it will be a musella lasiocarpa (golden lotus banana).

[oldman]

Hello, would you define this type of banana!
Thank you!

[Yorkshire Kris]

Hello, would you define this type of banana!
Thank you!

Ensete ventricosum

[Mr List]

that's better than my ID.
i was going to say 'big' it's a big banana

[Yorkshire Kris]

that's better than my ID.
i was going to say 'big' it's a big banana

It may have a fancy retailer name but looks like Ensete ventricosum to me.

[grub]

It's Ensete Superbum.