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bigdog · 09-05-2007, 01:20 PM

Aaron, that's a characteristic trait of Musa itinerans, sending out pups on long rhizomes. Not really sure why it does that though! It is a forest banana, so perhaps it send out long rhizomes so the pups don't have to compete so much with the mother pseudostem for light, nutrients, etc.

Barna, it is my understanding that those two plants are one and the same. The flower has just been "fanned" out on the "Big Flower" picture.

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