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Old 06-27-2010, 06:11 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa 'Red Tiger' x Musa yunnanense = Hybrid

Did you hand pollinate your 'Red Tiger' flowers, or did you just find seeds in the fruit? Do you have any photos of the young female flowers and fruit that you collected these seeds from? There are ways for banana to self pollinate, so I am just trying to determine if you made this hybrid on purpose or if you are just assuming it is a hybrid.


If it is a real hyrid: Due to the high heterozygosity of wild banana, and since you are dealing with two different species making progeny, each seedling will often be drastically different. You should keep track of each plant and treat them as separate varieties. You may find that some are very weak and slow, never amounting to much, while a particular seedling may be exceptionally vigorous.
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