I’m sorry to hear that.
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When we lived in Thailand NamWah was my favorite banana - also a traditional baby food for it’s nutrition value. Thais also make a pretty good curry with the banana flowers which I’m assuming are a byproduct of production. Too cold where we are, can only look on with envy!
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Oof. I’ve got a presumed namwah I’ve been growing inside here in MA for like 4, 5 years now. It was marketed as a blue java but I’ve learned those were often mislabeled namwahs and it looks more like a namwah from growth. I don’t really ever expect it to flower, and it’s beautiful which makes me happy.
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Looking good. I have a rack of what I think is tall namwah. One of those got it from a friend that wasn’t sure things.
The flower came out in mid may and is taking its sweet time ripening. Late August now and still no yellow as of yet. Ought to happen soon I think?
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@kelbot
It could be another month or so.
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2026/2/18.
Last weekend I adjusted the straps on this stalk in anticipation of nightly storms in the weather forecast. So far it has endured. 
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Are the bananas my asian market sells as thai bananas this perhaps?
They look like that photo. If so nice banana
Still prefer the red ones though. Extremely jelly of all you banana growers
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@snarfing
Probably not.
- Morphology usually tells you what a cultivar is not. For example, those are not Musa Thai Orange.
- There are dozens of Thai banana cultivars in circulation.
- The source is not necessarily the type. This applies to many plants. For example, Greek Sage is a landrace plant that originated in a portion of present-day Ethiopia.
- There are over 1,000 banana cultivars in world-wide circulation. Some of them produce fruit similar to those in your picture.
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Several of the fingers turned color today, so I harvested the bunch and hung it indoors to ripen further.
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I love your banana corridor. How is the white pineapple doing? When will you expect that to fruit?
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Small bunch
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Maybe this year followed by a long ripening period.
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