luc vleeracker

Hi banana fans,

I am new since today , belgian , living in Puerto Vallarta Mexico since 1985 , basically a rarefruit colector , that's how i met our mutual friend Harvey , he will be to blame if the remaining space in my orchard will soon look like a Banana jungle.Included in the close to 300 rare /exotic fruits i am growing are a few bananas , mostly local like manzana , pear , macho , portalimon , a dark red form , lady finger and some unidentified .
The pictures ( 2 ) Harvey posted a few days ago and probabbly the African Red - is this edible ? - is my last acquisition , i was convinced i bought a Musa vellutina .........
Talking about ornamental bananas , do you guys swap seeds ? Going tru the picture gallery i noticed a lucky owner of Mussella lasiocarpa !!!!!
This one has been on my "want' list for a while.

That's it for now , going south to banana growing country tomorrow , see if i can find something i dont have.....

Luc

harveyc

Welcome, Luc!

Let the obsession counseling begin!

Harvey

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the flying dutchman

Hi Luc and a very welcome.

And now in dutch

Hallo luc en hartelijk welkom.


Ron

buzzwinder

Hi Luc! Welcome to the forum,Very informative, insightful and humorous at the same time, very addictive, YEAH I'm lovin it

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Bill for my friend

luc vleeracker

Thanks for the welcome guys..., Ron , next time i 'll be in Belgium maybe i'll stop by if you dont live all the way up north , we can go and have some "mosselen" or een nieuwe haring Hmmmmmm

Luc

the flying dutchman

Haha Luc, you can wake me up in the middle of the night for mussels or a
fresh herring, I am sure you know how we eat the herrings

Ron

luc vleeracker

Hey Ron , you didn't mention where in Holland , i usually go to Leuven and Antwerpen to visit my daughter.
Gonna start packing for the trip , it's rainy season here , lots of landslides and rain by the bucket so better be prepared.
I'll be back with pictures in a few days.

Luc

YohanBelgium

Hello Luc,

Welcome to the forum and nice to here something from another Belgian too .

I’m also pretty new here and started this ‘after’-summer with germination of several Musa/Ensete species. Hopefully I can get something out of it.
It’s pretty amazing that you moved to Puerto Vallarta Mexico, very adventurous .
In dutch: was dit een werk gerelateerde keuze?

Vriendelijke groeten,
Yohan

MediaHound

Greetings Luc!

Yes, seed swapping is very welcome here.


Please post a "wanted" thread here:

Bananas for Sale or Swap & Wanted

Anyway, thanks for joining and we hope you enjoy our community.

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luc vleeracker

Hi again after all those years .
I am not really a banana fanatic , my main interest goes to rare tropical fruits , Heliconia and Zingiberales . I am still growing several banana varieties , mostly edible ones . I kinda got a little disappointed in collecting bananas since none of those " special " ones that are mentioned in your posts are available here in Mexico . My last acquisition , and I had to drive 6 hours round trip to get them , is the Praying hands .
I am still looking for seeds of Musa lasiocarpa , anybody growing them and has viable seeds ???
OK , here I go again , the collector drive is taking over , any special banana that can be started from seed I WANT IT !!!!
BTW what is a fair price for an AE AE pup ?

That's it for now , 7:30 pm Tequila time....

Luc

harveyc

Hello Luc,

Regarding the price of Ae Ae pups, Oscar on the Big Island has claimed that they sell for as little as $10 there but Ken has said $50 is more realistic. We did have a nursery on the Central California coast selling large pups for $49 a couple of years ago and that was quite a bargain for California standards. While prices in PV should generally be lower than what crazy California folks have been willing to pay, they are probably more rare there so that $49 price might be something to shoot for.

If I had a way of sharing with you, I'd be happy to since we go way back, haha.

Harvey

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luc vleeracker

Thanks Harvey , I can get one in exchange for some rare Heliconia , just wanted to know if I am not short changing....

luc vleeracker

Not sure if this was discussed before , did you all hear about this Hawaiian banana called
Mai'a Hapai , the fruit grows IN the trunk .

harveyc

Hey, Luc, it's been talked about a few times here. The best thread on it is probably at Rare unknown banana plant

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