Pink Banana

John I says...
Violet_Cactus, you are probably thinking of one of the red skinned bananas such as the jamacan red. As far as I know the closest available in Australia is the Red Dacca which is said to have an orange to pink colored flesh.

John I says...
I got mine from bunnings. The picture on the right is my red dacca after a frosty winter. It has now bounced back after a slow start and is about 1.2m (I planted it Jan 2009).

The ones sold at bunnings are "Cool Bananas" brand...
www.humphrisnursery.com.au/coolbanana/info/coolbananas.html

trikus says...
I have seen large stands of dwarf red dacca bananas , and the foliage was all green . Was just given 2 fruits from them . Flesh is slightly darker than normal . Flavour is superb , and I have been told that it was hard to sell the fruit many years ago , and most fruit was dried .
Always wondered why the dried bananas of my youth tasted so NICE . I have seen a banana with red foliage though , will ask my DPI contacts about this .

John Mc says...
Here's some pic's of my Dwarf red Dacccas. They have'nt been in the ground too long, about 6 months. They're not shaping up to be all that dwarf. The leaves are huuuge.
BTW, these bananas are under the Cool Bananas banner as well.

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John I says...
Thanks John Mc. I think I've been ripped off. My plant has a green pseudostem.

John I says...
Speedy, I guess I don't have much choice but to wait and see.
How big does your super dwarf get? I didn't think they were available in Australia?

John Mc says...
You've got it speedy,
Pink ornamental banana M.velutina.
Those superdwarf's sound interesting. Might look them up.

speedy says...
It was labelled 'Super Dwarf' and it appears different to my Dwarf Cavs. so I'll just have to let you know when it fruits.
it's in a NE facing suntrap and being small, I can cover it on frosty nights.
although we have higher and lower temps than Melb. we get more total heat throughout the year,
so it may just have that little bit better chance here than where it came from.
I've seen what I'm pretty sure is one in Mullumbimby,
it's been there for years, next to a driveway in someones yard.

trikus says...
John , just saw a small dwarf red dakka similar size to yours and its a dead ringer .. dont think cavendish have that red petiole either .. so dont give up till you see the fruit .

John Mc says...
This might be what Violet_Cactus was originally enquiring about.

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Jantina says...
Hi rev, very interested to hear more about your 1.5 m banana and if the fruit is any good love to buy one from you.

John Mc says...
Hey Nick,
Don't like your chances mate, wrong time of the year. I'd wait till August/September when all the new stock arrives and go for it then. There's a lot of nurseries around Sydney, especially the northern areas around Dural, Galston.
Hargreaves and Swanes are two really big nurseries you could make enquiries.


""Jantina says...
Hi rev, very interested to hear more about your 1.5 m banana and if the fruit is any good love to buy one from you.""

Same, been looking around, must be scarce.

Violet_Cactus says...
Hi Rev,
I'd love to buy a Red Dacca (or two) from you. I am in Victoria. My email address is angavar at yahoo dot com

allybanana says...
WHOOPS that was a bit girly, try again, I have heard the pink bananas are edible my friend Jill loves them she ate lots of them when in India she says the seeds are not a problem as she loves the tast, HELP! this is gettig worse, I just want to grow them in my garden.

allybanana says...
I am wondering if my friend was eating an improved variety, developed in India were people eat a lot of them.

John Mc says...
Hi Jane,
Mine will be in fruit again I'd say mid summer. They're not that sweet and full of hard seeds. They do fruit much quicker than the mainstreem bananas, but you only get half dozen in a bunch at best.
There is a nursery on the Central Coast Called Impact Plants at Kincumber if you wanted to make the treck and buy one already growing. I'd ring them first to see if they still stocked them.

John Mc says...
Still looking for a super dwarf cavendish if anyone knows the whereabouts of any? Generous reward offered if I can get one added to my nana collection.