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bigdog · 11-05-2006, 12:03 AM

Actually, it is fairly unusual in the banana world. Only a few species do this, such as Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis, Burmese Blue, and M. laterita. There are several others that I am not familiar with that have this habit also. As far as I know, none of the edible cultivars produce long rhizomes in this manner. Musa basjoo can send pups out a fair ways also. The pup that I got of M. xishuang was dug up over six feet away from the mother corm!

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