Bananas hurting? Are you referring to the kind you eat, because certainly you don't mean the ball python mutation.
I'm not sure if you are aware, but a male banana recently sold for $67,000 in cash and trade, and that's only weeks after it was hatched! Oh yeah, hate to be in that project...
Regarding female deserts, yes, I think it's safe to say there are issues. But I also think there might be more to it than we know. On another forum there was a big thread about it and the idea of lowering temperatures came up and it seems to make sense. Unfortunately, with the tragedy that struck Pro Exotics, I think any progress on that got pushed way back.
Caramels do have kinking issues, but the mutation is still selling and they look amazing. Have you seen the caramel pied? Smoking hot.