Well, I can help with the initals..

DC = Dwarf Cavendish

SDC = Super Dwarf Cavendish

I drew this a long time ago, it shows many of the basic parts of a banana plant.

Here is a link that might be useful: Banana Diagram

This page is also very helpful as well.

http://www.iita.org/info/trn_mat/irg66/irg66obj.html

Thanks for your replies everyone. I should have been able to guess DC and SDC - sorry. I've printed off part of your diagram Gabel5 but don't seem to be able to get it all. (I'm an old lady and not very clever on the computer!) I see from other threads that you are going to college soon - what are you going to study? Banana Science perhaps? Gardenguy - hi - your suggestion was extremely informative. I was hoping you'd answer as you seem to know what you're talking about! Love to you all xxx

The "pseudostem" is a cluster of petioles and the underground part that the petioles connect to is the stem.

yes i am going to college soon and want to hopefully eventually study Musa pathology in Hawaii in addition to anything else banana related.