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Originally Posted by jmoore
I've been looking for Musa Rubinea for a very long time and I've come to the conclusion that no one is supplying these varieties (as seeds). The only website I've found that even mentions M. Rubinea now says it no longer sells seeds, but plants, and that ordering those plants is next to impossible.
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It is not really in cultivation, but there are people in the US who have some and it's possible they could be more widely available in the future. It is also in in vitro storage at the international genebank so is not totally lost or anything like that.
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Originally Posted by jmoore
I thought Musa Zaifuil (sp) was very new.
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M. zaifui is rather new, published in 2008. But there are even new species which have never been published that are already on the market.
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Originally Posted by jmoore
I thought rosacea and rubinea were the same.
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They are different species. The name M. rosacea has a long history and has been confused in the past. The species is recognized now as valid but it is not in cultivation in the nursery trade.