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Old 10-18-2008, 01:36 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Variegated 'Dwarf Brazilian'

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Originally Posted by damaclese View Post
Its cool that you found it but i have to admit in comparison to the Ae Ae it looks kinda sick. are we sure this is genetic and not some sort of disease or deficiency?. this is just my opinion but yellow any thing on its leafs always looks unhealthy to me! by the way how do you find this stuff? out of every one on the Org you always manage to find the weirdest plants in the most seemingly mundane places. LOL
Its not diseased and its not a heritable genetic mutation either, its a chimera. When you hang around enough banana plants, you start to see it all!
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