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Old 08-31-2007, 05:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: Germination after 1 yr or more

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Originally Posted by estan View Post
It may be a form of Bordelon. I collected it in Honduras, Mar.'o6. Tall, slender, sparsely red spotted leaves long and narrow, and more or less horizontal fruit bunches. 2" bananas with 4 to 6 seeds per fr. and large enough to make the fruit lumpy. The fruits were just about out of reach. Does it grow in Central America?
They are a Musa acuminata subsp., however there are many of them so its impossible to say which one without closely examining the plant. There are only a few subsp. available on the market, most notable are subsp. zebrina, subsp. sumatrana and subsp. microcarpa was just recently made available through Rare Palm Seeds.
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