How planting banana seeds led to my personal confirmation that "this is a small world after all"

Behold my mini greenhouse newly filled with dirt and six banana seeds planted in a neat row down the middle.  First I had to "create" dirt from a hard disk that came in the kit. I soaked the disk in water and stirred until it became actual dirt (pretty amazing to watch) and then I planted half the seeds that came in the packet. Samantha was against planting all the seeds because she wants to save them as a backup if the first ones don't grow...how pessimistic. The kit's directions advised placing the newly planted seeds by an East-facing window in order to receive the most sunlight.  Therefore, I put my little greenhouse in our sunroom on my mother's fancy cake stand so that it would be higher and therefore closer to the sun (I want my bananas to have the best, and most stylish, chance at life!) Now all that's left to do is wait.  Supposedly it can take up to 2 weeks for sprouts to form, but once they start growing they are expected to grow a foot in the first month!

In the meantime I have discovered some interesting facts about my banana tree.  By reading the seed packet I learned that the common (botanical) name for the banana tree is Musa Velutina.  Having never heard this name before I naturally Googled it.  Apparently the Musa Velutina, according to wikipedia (if that is a credible source...I plan to do deeper research in the future but I am only in the preliminary stages of banana farming) it is a pink banana that grows to be 3 inches long! Bananas can be pink?!! I did not know this. This pink banana is also full of seeds that can chip a tooth but if you are brave enough to eat one nevertheless they are quite sweet.

The seed packet (a product of DuneCraft) says that my banana tree originated in the jungles of Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. I'm not sure how one packet of seeds could originate from three different jungles but that perplexity is nothing compared to the fact that the seeds were actually packaged in Cleveland, Ohio!  Apparently DuneCraft operates right here in my hometown!  Upon further investigation I learned that not only does the company DuneCraft operate right here in Cleveland but it was started by a guy with the last name Cleveland:  Grant Cleveland! Apparently he also went to John Carroll University! My world is getting smaller and smaller!

In order to keep from infringing on copyright laws (because I can get carried away with the paraphrasing) I am including links to two news articles and DuneCraft's website that I discovered during my investigation:

http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/11/clevelands_fastgrowing_dunecra.html

http://www.anbmedia.com/catching-up-with/2011/02/catching-up-with-grant-cleveland-ceo-and-president-of-dunecraft/

http://www.dunecraft.com/index.html

This investigation is far from over as I plan to continue learning about both DuneCraft and Cleveland (person and city) and their respective connections to bananas.