burmese blue

just j · 01-20-2009, 03:04 PM

can anyone tell what is a burmese blue i purchased some from aloha tropics and cant find no info on them if anyone can tell me a little about them i love to hear it mine are a foot tall p-stems no leaves yet one has a leaf peaking out of the stem slowly the other one the leaves dried up but looked real nice before i replanted it it was dark green with a redish purple mid rib anyone got any pictures of the flower or pics of a older plant and how tall r they suppose to get aloha said 9-12 ft but i read some where they can get over 20 ft and it is hard to get fruit from them

Chironex · 01-20-2009, 03:16 PM

look in the wiki and also check webebbananas.com or going-bananas.com

Gabe15 · 01-20-2009, 04:43 PM

They are a variety of Musa itinerans, a wild seeded species. They have nice yellow pseudostems and can form large mats. They will not produce edible fruit.

chong · 01-20-2009, 07:50 PM

Attached is some info and photo of the fruit.

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