My good friend Hector in Miami sent a real Musa SH-3640 to me and it arrived today. Just estatic!!
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Where will you put it?
My thought is to remove our existing Mysore cultivar and plant it there. But I’d like to get the new one going in a 5 or 15 gallon pot before transplanting. So, it would end up being in the same planter as it’s mutant kindred – which is currently flowering. In the long run I hope to replace the mutant with a Dwarf Puerto Rican Plantain.
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Transplanted out of the drainless 5-gallon pot into a 15-gallon pot. The wall behind the pot faces ESE so the plants there receive about 2/3 the morning sun. By spring it should be ready to transplant into the ground.
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It put on about an inch of central growth in January 
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Very cool! I am just not getting into musa species and cultivars. What exactly is the draw about this particular cultivar?
@JSaravia
Musa species produce inedible seeded fruit whereas edible bananas come from cultivars of seedless hybrids.
This one is a prolific producer of high quality bananas in the tropics and near-tropics, e.g. southern FL. I’m testing it’s viability in my climate.
Here’s more info about growing bananas for fruit:
Looking awesome Richard! It is one of my favorites. My next bloom should be early this spring! Can’t wait!
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Yesterday two nights ago I brought it indoors, fearing an overnight freeze. I also topped it to remove shriveled growth from our “winter” temperatures. Today it sent up a sign of appreciation!
For scale, the diameter of the cut is about 1 inch.
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That leaf tip has extended about 4" now and is being followed by a cigar-roll leaf 
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And another …
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