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Old 04-16-2011, 06:44 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: Orinoco Did Not Make It

I'd say just leave it as is. It might not re-sprout from the pseudostem, but might re-sprout from the corm...which is almost as good since really the only way to get fruit is to store them indoors over the winter. A lot of the Musa that are "almost as cold hardy as basjoo" still lose their pseudostems over the winter and re-sprout. I think Orinocco and Raja-Puri are similar in cold hardiness (to each other), but less so than itinerans, yunnanensis, sikkimensis, velutina, balbisiana, Musella lasiocarpa and maybe a few others. It might be the most cold hardy of the seedless varieties, but a far cry from basjoo.

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