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Gabe15 · 07-15-2007, 11:15 PM

I have one of the 'PNG Highland' and it has been difficult to grow, it seems to like cool temperatures (makes sense for a highland species). It is now held at the Denver Botanic Gardens and is still quite a small plant but I think it will do well, and perhaps in a year or so it will be a nice sized plant. I have been trying to figure out what species it is but it is so hard to tell without a flower. I am leaning towards M. boman because it was told to me that it highly resembles M ingens (but of course the seeds are different). I don't know how you could confuse M. ingens and M. maclayi (or any erect species for that matter), but M. boman and M. ingens do highly resemble each other. M. schizocarpa is also very distinct (with green buds) and I don't see how it could be confused with M. ingens, also I do not believe it to grow in the highlands.

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Gabe15 Moderator Gabe15's Photo Gallery Location: Oahu, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 12 Name: Gabe Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,892 BananaBucks : 13,347,862 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1 Times Was Thanked 8,241 Times in 2,200 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 8 Times	Re: Musa "PNG Highlands" and M. ingens I have one of the 'PNG Highland' and it has been difficult to grow, it seems to like cool temperatures (makes sense for a highland species). It is now held at the Denver Botanic Gardens and is still quite a small plant but I think it will do well, and perhaps in a year or so it will be a nice sized plant. I have been trying to figure out what species it is but it is so hard to tell without a flower. I am leaning towards M. boman because it was told to me that it highly resembles M ingens (but of course the seeds are different). I don't know how you could confuse M. ingens and M. maclayi (or any erect species for that matter), but M. boman and M. ingens do highly resemble each other. M. schizocarpa is also very distinct (with green buds) and I don't see how it could be confused with M. ingens, also I do not believe it to grow in the highlands. __________________ Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.