Quote:
Originally Posted by austinl01
Very beautiful, Frank! Let's hope you can get some hybrids from this plant.
|
If I did, I wouldn't know how to name it, since this plant is quite obviously not
Musa aurantiaca, which has a bright orange bud. It also grows much taller than
M. aurantiaca. It's possible that this could be a new species or a hybrid itself. The leaves do slightly resemble
M. sikkimensis, so I wonder if it could be a hybrid between
M. sikkimensis and
M. velutina. The bud looks like it is starting to lean in one direction, so if it starts growing sideways it will be even more likely that it is a hybrid. I'm just speculating ridiculously, LOL.
Whatever it is, thanks to Phil Markey of Trebrown in the UK for collecting these seeds in India!
Frank