I haven't seen where it had been tried in the PNG lowlands, but I did find where it has been tried (from a pup that was removed) in Trinidad/Tobago (forget which one), and failed. Perhaps the pup wasn't old enough to remove, or maybe it was injured while removing it. I just have a hard time fathoming how a musa can't survive in the tropical lowlands. I know ensete has a hard time in Florida, for example. Is there even
one musa in cultivation today that won't survive in a tropical lowland setting?
Well, if I can get one going here in Knoxville (and that's a big if), I would need to rent a semi-truck and some warehouse space to store it in the winter! First I'd have to figure out how to get it out of the ground though
. It would be nice to have that problem!