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Originally Posted by xyzzy
This is quite confusing. There are lots of websites claiming AeAe to be Musa paradisiaca, but Musa paradisiaca is I thought ABB. There are also sites claiming AeAe to be AAB, so does that mean there are two different plants both being sold as AeAe or have people been copying a mistake somewhere and reproducing it all over the place?
Can anyone enlighten me on this anomaly?
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Musa paradisiaca is not a real plant. It basically means "edible banana", and is a type name, but does not refer to any specific plant. I don't know why it always gets pinned onto 'Ae Ae', but it's incorrect. The true and honest name is just Musa 'Ae Ae'.
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Originally Posted by bananimal
hey folks,
Look at the older leaves. They match the eggo pic exactly. Same radial pattern and red midrib. Very white/green form. The much larger new leaves show overfert bloom, and the change in coloration suggests variant development. Boy, a nursery that can sell an Ae Ae match without variation until it's in the ground has got it made, eh? Still INTC not their fault. I'll bet on it.
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As mentioned before, this type of variegation is very common and in no way should it be used to identify the plant, or any variegated banana for that matter (excluding normal Ae Ae as they are very uniform and unique). If you do not have a flower present, there is a very small number of plants that can still be positively identified (and these are almost never edible types). Since any banana can become variegated from TC, it is very unwise to think that you could compare variegation patterns and identify the variety.