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coast crab · 09-13-2009, 09:09 PM

I asked this question a month ago in another itinerans post but never got an answer so I thought I'd run it up the flagpole again.

How does yunnanensis really differ from itinerans? I see itinerans listed as the "Yunnan banana", why isn't yunnanensis just another variety of itinerans? I know some people are "lumpers" and some are "splittters" when it comes to classifying new plants - did the splitters describe it first?

And how big do yunnanensis and itinerans really get when the pstems make it through the winter? (as in the claims about var gigantea on ebay) My ice cream made it through last winter with leaf loss only and it is HUGE. We rarely have winters bad enough to damage pstems.

Thanks again.

Russell

09-13-2009, 09:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
coast crab garden variety plant nerd coast crab's Photo Gallery Location: Lovely Mobile, Alabama - The Heart of Dixie Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Name: Russell Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 427 BananaBucks : 66,933 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 29 Times Was Thanked 418 Times in 182 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times	itinerans growers please read this... I asked this question a month ago in another itinerans post but never got an answer so I thought I'd run it up the flagpole again. How does yunnanensis really differ from itinerans? I see itinerans listed as the "Yunnan banana", why isn't yunnanensis just another variety of itinerans? I know some people are "lumpers" and some are "splittters" when it comes to classifying new plants - did the splitters describe it first? And how big do yunnanensis and itinerans really get when the pstems make it through the winter? (as in the claims about var gigantea on ebay) My ice cream made it through last winter with leaf loss only and it is HUGE. We rarely have winters bad enough to damage pstems. Thanks again. Russell __________________