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Originally Posted by Gabe15
Musa itinerans and Musa yunnanensis are different species (both have multiple described varieties). The 40ft shade banana is Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis. As far as getting one, it may or may not be around, you might be able to buy a plant with the name but its hard to know if it will be true to type.
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Thanks Gabe15. That's more detail on the point I was trying to make.
Bananalee, you'll find more of the yunnanensis/itinerans confusion in the threads below this one in the species forum. Also, look for the ebay seller "hortus119". When I bought my Ensetes from him back in June I'm pretty sure he had "Yunnan banana" seedlings too. I'd bet the rent money that he bought them as itinerans and they're actually yunnanensis, just like everyone else selling itinerans seeds/seedlings. Both of my itinerans came from different ebay sources, one as seed and the other as a 1 gallon seedling, and both were actually yunnanensis.
Hope this helps.
Russell