mrbungalow

I saw on an earlier post that Tropicalvr had tried musa acuminata seeds from banana-tree.

He also said the resulting plants were quite cold hardy. The owners at banana-tree couldnt say anything more than the seeds coming from china.
At the online stores the seeds are sold as "dwarf cavendish" with broad and sturdy leaves, wich I find quite odd.

When I tried these seeds 2 years ago, one grew into a skinny, leggy bananaplant wich resembled my musa basjoos both in colour of leaves and speed of growth. Unfortunately, it died by winter.

Is there a chance these seeds could be from "musa basjoo"? Or is the true wild, seeded variety of musa acuminata kind of cold hardy as Tropicalvr has experienced? Is basjoo more related to acuminata because of the red in the leaves? Or is it balbisiana wich is the main "parent"?

Erlend

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Gabe15

I have seen these seeds going around for some time now, Ive never tried growing them. Awhile back I was talking with some growers and after contacting a few of the suppliers they said that they are seeded until about the 3rd generation in which they become parthencarpic, it doesnt really make sense and I cant varify the validity of it. However, whatever they are, they are most likely not any type of wild Musa acuminata.

Musa basjoo is not closely related to Musa acuminata or Musa balbisiana at all. In addition Musa acuminata are not hardy. The seeds could have been basjoo. Do you have any pictures of your plant before it died?

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Tropicallvr

I might have overzealously used the work "cold hardy" and would like to replace it with "cool hardy" since I haven't tested it outside yet. It was smaller than the Musa balbisiana that I grew from seed and showed just as much hardiness inside an unheated glass house in zone 7b-8a(got down to 7F twelve years ago nearby), and it is the coldest microclimate in the area. Not sure what the actual low was this year.
I'll bet it is from a edible cultivated hybrid in Southern China(wish bananatree would get some more info on this one). I'll post some pics when they get bigger.

sloot95

Hi
I am bringing up this old thread as I couldn't find much info on this variety. I just bought 5 seeds off ebay
Rare Organic Banana Seeds Musa Acuminata Banana Plant Edible 5X Fresh Seeds | eBay

Im not sure if I just blew $14 on nothing but I thought it was worth it since where I live banana varieties are fairly restricted. Technically I should not be allowed to buy banana seeds.

Ill post some pics of the seeds and If i manage to get any of them to germinate ill update with pics of the plant. Any info on this variety appreciated.