One of the last rains/winds took down an old jackfruit tree, so all of a sudden there's a little bit of space and sunlight to allocate to newcomers…..
I'm looking for a particular banana plant…. a blue banana. It's called Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla cv. 'Blue Java', sometimes also named cv. 'Ice Cream'.
The plant grows to 4.5 m., the leaf midrib is light pink, the flower stalk may be several feet long, but the bunch has only 7 to 9 hands. The fruit is 17 to 23 cm long, up to 6 cm thick, 4-to 5-angled, bluish with a silvery bloom when young, pale yellow when ripe, The flesh is white, sweetish, and is eaten raw or cooked. The quality of the fruit is excellent, many rate this as the best tasting banana.
Of course they can be found on the net, but I'm trying to find a source in Thailand. There must be… I once saw a lot of varieties of banana on a Thai TV program, and these photo's were taken from the net; looks like a display at a flower show in Thailand. The text on the sign of the bluish green banana says something like " kluay Nuan Chuan, kluay Nuan Tchujan".
Anyone seen a nursery who has this one, or somebody growing this one?