id be interested Is the species Musa lasiocarpa? i have several fancy EEs I could trade, weather permiting, this week and next week do not look good... : /

Gabe, although it is not as common a variety, many bananas just goes from one person's backyard to another(just like the Namwah) and weren't bought in stores. May not be a common banana in the U.S. but may be very common in Southeast Asia. One reason I have come to believe that it is the Gros Michel(if it is the Chek Amboeing?!?) is because of its description, fragrant and mostly green when ripe. A description from Banana Tree(unfortunately I'm not allowed to link to it) shows a dwarf tree but it seems like either the description is wrong or the picture, the sight seems to be accurate with everything else, 12'?? but picture shows a dwarf type so I think there may some dwarf ones out there. It does state that "Fruits are green when ripe." Can anyone confirm this? Seems like ripe fruit changes color afterwards but not much in the beginning. Another site mentions the Malay name Pisang ambon or embung as the "Gros Michel", Malay name. I don't know if this could be a coincidence or not, sounds almost the same. My latest search actually led me back to one of our member's site Encanto farms with a mention of the cultivar "Ambon" which could just be something else. =) yeah, as you can tell I've been trying to figure out this backyard banana for a little while. I do have an "Amboeing?!?!" pup.

Beautiful!! I cant wait for mine to finish up so I can actually see the bloom!

Ive seen them and gotten mine off of ebay. Unfortunately mine has no pups yet because it was leveled to the ground by something. It tried to grow back but then died to the ground. The roots are still alive and firm so I have hope that it will return, but I dont think Ill be seeing pups this summer. Good luck!