Hey Rob,
These are in the ground,about 10ft now,dwarf Cavendish,but you grow them in a pot might keep them around 6 to 8ft.
Don

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THose look good. I guess dwarf means big...lol

The leaves do hold up nicely in the wind!!!
Don

Do they fruit at about 10 feet?

I was told rule of thumb is bananas fruit
when they acquire 40 leaves.

orchiddude, they also look wonderful with needles, trachys and sabals LOL

Mine definitely have over 40 leaves,no fruit yet,and the pups are as big as the mother,and the pups are having pups and no fruit yet,top of the leaves over 12 ft now!!!

hmm..... dbryal that you know is according to climate, soil and growth rate . actually i think it is between 30-40 leaves.

Look folks, I try to get away from you in the palm forum and now you follow me to the banana forum....lol just joking guys

I heard it was 21 leaves, who cares about the leaves. I grow bananas for the looks. When they fruit its just a bonus.
I bought this banana here for the size. The ticket said 3 feet tall and so I figured it would be a small plant that would fruit, which would be cool.

OMG nucci60, you know I hate those things and you keep torturing me with them :-)

Wife just said,they'll fruit when they get darn ready to,and
not before!!!
I've just never had pups as big as the mother,and now the pups are having pups,and still no fruit.
Has anyone ever seen the pup fruit and not the mother????

Don

Don...each one will fruit when it gets all the leaves out, the fruit is the last thing in the pocket. I guess the pockets are still full. Just wait, it might be next year but it will fruit and then the babies will fruit and the babies, babies will fruit, and then by then you will have another momma and it will start fruiting and well....you know....LOL

I believe Stressbaby on the Tropicals forum just had his DC start fruiting. His is in a greenhouse. The main plant, not the leaves, was around 6 ft when it started to flower. You could contact him for more info. I have a pup of his and it is getting up there too. Beautiful plants and huge leaves. It's starting to block my sliding door leading into the house! Unfortunately, spider mites love the banana plants as much as I do. I had to sacrifice some leaves from the DC and my Namwah. Persistent little bas$%#@s.

orchiddude, I "do" bananas too. juat basjoo,sikkimensis,and a couple of potted ones.I saw your post and couldn't resist.If you just grow for leaves, ensete maurelii is great!

nucci60, I grow for the look and the fruit but I was hoping to get something that was smaller than my 12 plants that would fruit and be manageable under 9 feet. My 12 foot plants will fruit every other year. I have a Raja that I got last year. Its pretty, not sure what it does or how big it gets. I love bananas. I think I am going bananas.

Orchiddude
I thought you was following me lol..
If you want a fast growing banana with big leaves
I suggest red/green dwarf or orrinocco both have big leaves
Here's my dwarf
It has put on 4 big leaves since this picture was taken
only a month.
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Thanks topher, I have a ton of orrinocco, One of mine should fruit this year.