Gabe15

Isn't M. beccarii different chomosome number then any of the other Callimusa? I know for awhile it was incertae sedis or whatever and they couldnt really detirimine a chromosome number, I think they finally setteld on 2n=18, looks like Musa needs a new section! I think M. exotica is good one to test, its already partially parthenocarpic, all it needs is a little bigger fruit, maybe M. exotica x borneensis? But how will we get these plants!!!M. boreneensis has the largest wild fruit in the genus, so why not (I suppose its not that ornametal though, altough if you crossed it with coccinea you may get some crazy Ensete bloom looking-ish thing!) Or maybe M. flavida which I guess is probly the same except with a yellow as opossed to red male bud, I think. My first hybrid looks like it will be Musa 'Rose' x laterita in an attempt to make a small, single season fruiter that you could store dry over winter, I guess we'll have to see if it works, my 'Rose' is close to flowering and I can get endelss amounts of laterita pollen close by. So many hybrids to make, so little space to grow them!!!!!!

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