How do these bananas compare to Cavendish?

[Weboh]

I see there are a few banana plants on sale at Ken's Nursery: Musa Velutina and Royal Purple. Has anyone had these before? How do they taste? How do they compare to Cavendish bananas? I've had blue java banana and some type of dwarf red banana before and didn't really notice much of a difference. Based on that, do you think I would notice a difference in these? They look beautiful, anyway.

[KarenRei]

I see there are a few banana plants on sale at Ken's Nursery: Musa Velutina and Royal Purple. Has anyone had these before? How do they taste? How do they compare to Cavendish bananas? I've had blue java banana and some type of dwarf red banana before and didn't really notice much of a difference. Based on that, do you think I would notice a difference in these? They look beautiful, anyway.

M. velutina = ornamental banana.  Possible to eat, but has numerous hard seeds.
Royal Purple = M. ornata = generally inedible fruit.

If you want good bananas that taste different from a cavendish, go with something in the mysore subgroup.

[RodneyS]

I recommend Dwarf Namwah