soundwave802002

I bought this banana from a guy in Thailand. He had it named Musa Ta Nee. I could not find anything on the net about it. Does anyone know what other name this might be under. It is variegated with yellow. Sort of like an Ae Ae but yellow. Ill post the picture he had on the site. Any help would be great. [[IMG][/IMG]

Chironex

Whatever it is, it is quite pretty. Is this the guy on eBay that is selling Musa Cannas?

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Gabe15

Balbisiana Ta Nee
Musa Danee?

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Tropicallvr

That's exactly what i was thinking, looks like a varigated balbisiana(super waxy stem).
Nice plant, my favorite from that seller.

soundwave802002

Thanks for the help everyone.

Bananaman88

Great looking plant! You'll have plenty of people lining up for adoptions if you ever get pups you're looking to move! I know I'd be interested.

soundwave802002

The plant came in without any roots or leaves. Any tips on getting this guy to grow for me??

Kylie2x

So it is a dormant crom?
Kylie

soundwave802002

The picture is the actual plant. But they have to remove all dirt to ship. So all the leaves and roots are remove. I sprayed some fungicide on the it and planted it in some well drained soil. From what i have read I should keep it on the dry side. Would rooting hormone work on croms?

Mark Hall

Good luck with yours. Mine just rotted from tip to bottom. I was cutting it back bit by bit until I was just left with a rotten corm.

I was told to keep it dry and give it plenty of light and also to chop off the top 10% of the plant

Its a beautiful looking plant and one that I would like to have again, But until they start letting them go with a few roots on I shan't bother.

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Bananaman88

I understand the need to remove all of the soil before they ship, but why the roots as well? If they wash the soil away, dip the roots in a fungicide/insectice mix and then wrap the roots in some moisture retentive media that should do it. How do they expect the plant to survive when they remove all of the roots? Good luck with yours, Shawn.

chong

Unfortunately, that is SOP when it comes to larger plants, and particularly with banana and other bulbous plants. The problem is that the plants must be completely free of soil and the process of removing the soil usually tends to injure the tender roots anyway. With the long trip to its destination, damaged roots will rot in its container and might infect the rest of the corm/plant. With the roots removed, then the corm cleaned and dried, the plant is easily inspected. Dusting with fungicide and insecticide may pose some issues because of the uncertainty of the acceptability by USDA of the materials used. Plus, the presence of powders, my tend to cover embedded soil.

As long as the corm itself is not damaged, the plant will be OK. It will behave like any other bulbous plant. Once planted in medium, they will grow roots in a short period of time. When I get dried banana corms, before planting, I soak them in 125°F water for 15 minutes, then in 115°F water for another 15 minutes. After potting, I place them in a warm shaded area. They all have sprouted for me so far.

Lagniappe

Some farms cut all of the p-stem and all of the roots off to store corms . They look just like the EE corms stacked in bins at the nurseries . I posted a link to this a while back :
Ensete Maurelii propagation? - Bananas.org

They may plant these as is or quarter them and sometimes cut out the apical meristem and place the corm upside down on top of the soil .

momoese

I also cut all roots and scrub the corms clean of any soil with a nylon dish washing brush before shipping. I also visually inspect them for any corm boring insects. As Chong said the issue is the roots rotting in transit, and adding moist newspaper or anything else will only speed up the rotting process, especially in warm weather!

Bananaman88

Chong and Mitchel,

Thanks for the info. That is interesting as I always wrap the roots in either wet newspaper or wet paper towel. I just try to keep the plants from drying out too much. I do agree that they should sprout new roots, but then again, bananas aren't truely bulbous like say, a narcissus, or an amarylis.

chong

Yup. That's why they call them pseudobulb!

Rmplmnz

Good soil mix for bananas is 1/3rd compost (if available), 1/3rd rich potting soil and 1/3rd perlite (for good drainage) you can put them in almost any kind of soil but remember drainage is key. If you don’t have access to compost, just mix the parts ½ and ½ and they will do just fine.
They do prefer a more acidic soil and compost will do that for you. You can’t really go wrong, bananas are not too particular with soil type but the worst type of soil is a clay/loam soil.

Water thoroughly at planting, keep on the moist side ( NOT WET ) if base of plant begins to soften or look discolored , this is a sign of to much moisture, stop watering until healthy growth appears. Once planted resumption of growth is quick as new leaves unfurl from the top center of the pseudostem, or stronger new growth will emerge from underground portions of the corm (suckers) and produce a new banana plant.

wolfebc

I don't know who you bought that variegated banana from but I think it is Ensete Glaucum, I am quite sure that is what nut is selling from Oxzilla. Ensete Glaucum is also very prevelant in Thailand. So it would be a fairly good guess. I am still trying to find
out myself as I also purchased one.

wolfebc

I just heard back from someone in Thailand that says the Musa
TaNee that they are selling over there is Musa Balbisiana Colla. I'm
still waiting to hear back from two more people for comfirmation, but
this is most likely what it is. They have a yellow and green variety and
a white and green variety. Both are the same plant, just different
color mutations.

Kylie2x

LOL .. it is Beautiful.. I want one!!!