Could it be musa Super Dwarf Cavendish?

[Oppido]

Hello this morning at Lidl I bought a Musa, which was called Musa Tropicana on the sign. Do you think it could be Musa Super Dwarf Cavendish?

 

[Merlyn]

That seems possible to my eyes.  There are three similar ones in order of height:

• Super Dwarf 1-2 feet tall max
• Truly Tiny about 3 feet
• Little Prince 3-5 feet

Truly Tiny and Little Prince both get some pretty large leaves and stout trunks, but Super Dwarf rarely grows much bigger than your photos.  This is going mostly from memory, so I may have them mixed up.

[JLM]

I bought one labeled as that, research led me to super dwarf. It got to about 2 feet and never really got taller. Unfortunately, the main plant died from the winter but there are a ton of pups. 

[iko.]

Not sure in the States but in Europe these type of small potted bananas are often available in supermarket, DIY stores and garden centres.

I got mine in DIY store Leroy Merlin and it looked like yours. I’d think it’s a Super Dwarf. I have googled Truly Tiny and Little Prince too, but the result in Google Images doesn’t tell me much difference between the three. If the size chart from @Merlyn is an indication, mine is 90-100cm so wouldn’t be a Super Dwarf.
 

I bought it in 2004 approx., and the plant have produced pups over the time but none have ever flowered. The one pictured has 7 years, at least.

[Merlyn]

@iko.if I had to guess, I'd think that one is "Little Prince."  The best resource I've found for ID'ing bananas is the Wiki page at Bananas.org: http://www.bananas.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Allpages

If I'm reading the pages correctly:

• Super Dwarf Cavendish - max height of about 2 feet (60cm) at fruiting,
• Truly Tiny - max height about 3 feet (90cm) and sometimes fruits tiny bananas.  This is questionable ID, according to the wiki - it might be a dwarf Brazilian or Cavendish depending on the source.
• Little Prince - max height around 3-4ft (120cm) and rarely if ever fruits.  This is consistent with the ones I bought, which never seem to develop fruit.

Mine came from online nurseries (Wellspring Gardens and Greenhousebusiness) and a local nursery.  I have no reason to believe mine are genetically accurate.    But they are all really neat small bananas.  The only issue I had with any of them was frost damage and trying to control the rapid pupping.

[iko.]

Thank you for the link to bananas.org. The sizes are a bit different in the website and not sure if 100% correct:

- Little Prince says 2-3 feet but looks really small in the pictures. 

- Truly Tiny, 2 and 3 feet

- Super Dwarf Cavendish is 2 feet

After looking at those pictures and some other in Google Images confusion is bigger. 

 

[Merlyn]

15 hours ago, iko. said:

Thank you for the link to bananas.org. The sizes are a bit different in the website and not sure if 100% correct:

- Little Prince says 2-3 feet but looks really small in the pictures. 

- Truly Tiny, 2 and 3 feet

- Super Dwarf Cavendish is 2 feet

After looking at those pictures and some other in Google Images confusion is bigger.

Yes, I noticed the same thing.  Some of the photos of the Super Dwarf look like they are easily 3-4 feet tall, but maybe they are saying "meristem height" at fruiting...instead of maximum leaf height.  Either way the three different names are confusing and difficult to figure out which is which!