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Old 11-23-2008, 08:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Ensete Superbum question

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Originally Posted by Java16 View Post
I recently bought some ensete superbum 'Thailand rock' seeds from the banana-tree company in PA and noticed that they were very small, much smaller that the ensete glaucum. They are about the same size as a regular musa seed, such as M. sikkimensis but shaped like an ensete. Is this normal? I always thought that E. superbum were supposed to be a bigger seeded species.
The Thailand species of superbum are smaller black seeds,,but very hard to germinate I bought 100 seeds out of that 100 2 germinated and that was it ,,so i dont know if they are hard to germinate or just have a short shelf life,,I am thinking it is probably a little of both!!!
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