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Gabe15 · 10-29-2006, 06:10 PM

There are no cultivars or subspecies, at this point they are all to be published as varieties. There was recently published a Musa itinerans ssp. annamica which will be changed to Musa itinerans var. annamica, same with M. itinerans 'Gigantae', this (in addition to Musa sp. 'Big Flower') are Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis, I would imagine this one to be the 'Yunnan'. The India form could possibly be the orginal species, Musa itinerans var. itinerans, the species as a whole as a rather large range however. It is important to remeber that the names seed dealers give plants really means nothing, the only way to know what they are is to grow them out yourself because many of them are misidentified from the start.

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Gabe15 Moderator Gabe15's Photo Gallery Location: Oahu, Hawaii Find me on the map! Zone: 12 Name: Gabe Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,892 BananaBucks : 13,349,512 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1 Times Was Thanked 8,241 Times in 2,200 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 8 Times	Re: More Musas itinerans ?? There are no cultivars or subspecies, at this point they are all to be published as varieties. There was recently published a Musa itinerans ssp. annamica which will be changed to Musa itinerans var. annamica, same with M. itinerans 'Gigantae', this (in addition to Musa sp. 'Big Flower') are Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis, I would imagine this one to be the 'Yunnan'. The India form could possibly be the orginal species, Musa itinerans var. itinerans, the species as a whole as a rather large range however. It is important to remeber that the names seed dealers give plants really means nothing, the only way to know what they are is to grow them out yourself because many of them are misidentified from the start. __________________ Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.