Dwarf Banana Tree (Musa ‘Dwarf Orinoco’)

Musaceae (Banana Family)

This is a dwarf version of the banana most commonly grown in southern Florida. Worldwide there are over 50 types of bananas and plantains within the genus Musa. Though they grow several meters high and look like trees, they are not woody and their "stem" is actually the bases of the huge leaf stalks. Technically bananas are gigantic herbs with no woody tissue. We have collected fruit from previous greenhouse specimens and made banana bread!