Musa acuminata ‘Dwarf Cavendish’. Musa acuminata ‘Dwarf Cavendish’ is doing that now in the central house of the winter garden glasshouse, producing large bunches of sweet fruit on a fairly small plant. Staff hear a lot of people coming through the winter garden looking for the ‘‘banana palms’’. Musa are large, suckering evergreen perennials; Musa acuminata ‘Dwarf Cavendish’ can reach a height of 2m-3m and produce leaves up to 1.2m long. A tropical plant, Musa acuminata ‘Dwarf Cavendish’ will grow well in a glasshouse and can do well as a house plant although it may not fruit or flower.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 17, 2017 18:22 UTC