Gabe15

It is very unlikely seeds are "mutating" from the original wild species. What is really happening is that there are many undescribed and rather unknown to science wild banana varieties out there. When seed collectors find one they don't know the first thing they do is go to literature looking to match it up with a previously described species. This does not always work due to the fact that many of these new varieties are just that, "new", so there is not going to be any reference information on it. Sometimes instead of describing what is it, they tack on the name of the closest previously known species. So you see, many mistakes are made due to lack of knowledge on what the plants are that are actually being sold.

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Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.