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Originally Posted by bigdog
I was able to pollinate an entire hand with the Musa velutina pollen I had left. Hope it takes...and hope the summer is nice and LONG so the bananas have time to ripen! I think they just might. The gardens doesn't usually see frost until November.
It is quite possible to cross Eumusa with Rhodochlamys. M. balbisiana will accept M. velutina pollen and produce fertile seeds. Hopefully M. basjoo will also!
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From Simmonds studies, M. basjoo and M. velutina do not cross well in either direction. Thats not to say its not good to still try, but I wouldn't expect much.
Also, I have a few seedlings of M. balbisiana x M. velutina on the way, so it will be interesting to see how they grow. They will most likely end up at the Denver Botanic Gardens in their collection where I can grow them out.
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