Hi,
this is an idea, I will fax to several universities in Brazil to ask for sources and pups from basjoo. I will tell them that I need basjoo to try to breed new hardy fruit bananas for frost endangered areas in Southern Brazil, e. g. in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul and for the U.S. and Europe, too.
But it's will be only way from Brazil to U.S. and Europe, and never from the U.S. and Europe to Brazil, as long as the prohibition law to import new banana varieties to Brazil from the U.S., Germany and Thailand does exist. It's not okay that no banana pups from Germany may not enter Brasil because no Black Sigatoka, Yellow Sigatoka and Panama Disease do exist in Germany, too cold climate for these banana diseases, but I understand more the prohibition for Thailand and the U.S., because these countries have warm climate in many parts, warm enough for banana diseases. I will never give up until I do have basjoo in my yard in Lucianópolis.
Then I will propagate at first.
@lorax, thank you, that you will help me! You will ask the botanical garden for some pups of Musa basjoo to ship them to Lucianópolis to Antonio, and already know his address by my PN. I will let know his daughter Leda tomorrow, she lives with me in Hamburg, she is my guest daughter. When you send a packet to Lucianópolis to Antonio, then let know him that the pups are for me!
Best wishes
Joachim