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Old 07-06-2007, 05:14 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: How did bigdog get his velutina to flower that small

Well, Musa ornata fruit doesn't "peel itself" like M. velutina does, so what you have is definitely Musa velutina...or maybe a hybrid of...OK, that's too much speculation, lol. I am going to stick with my first assumption that there is more than one variety of Musa velutina. Phil Markey from Trebrown Nurseries posted some pictures on here a while back of some very tall Musa velutina. In fact, let me post a piece of the description of M. velutina, as quoted from The Musaceae website:

""Plant stooling freely ; pseudostems up to 1.5 m. high [but much taller in some forms], 7 cm. in diameter at base, often smaller, yellowish-green, devoid of wax

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc/mvelutina.htm

I'm pretty darn sure that the tall form that Randy has is more cold-hardy as well.
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