Kostas

Thank you very much for your replys!

Gabe,
Thanks a lot for your very informative reply!
If I knew who had these parthenocarpic Musa acuminata ssp malaccensis I almost sure we could work something out that would benefit both of us!

I understand what you say about today's AAs having accumulated a multitude of mutations over the years and also the difficulty in knowing what all those generations of farmers did with them! But how did they hybridize if they are AAs? Do you mean there is a possibility thtat some point they could have crossed with another species and then back crossed many times with acuminata/AAs again so that there is no way to trace that possible crossing any more?
Do you know of any other pure species edible banana? What about Burmese Blue? Is it a pure species? How is it eaten and does it have seeds?

Very interesting to hear about the barriers between banana species! It's a shame deforestation removes some of those barriers and it's a shame it occurs in general!!!

Richard,
I agree on that,I am sure species have changed many times since their creation as the environment,geographical barriers and various other factors changed through the centuries! But still,having specimen of known species alive at more than 1000years of age shows that not everything changed or that it took much more to do so! So it does is good to protect our species and their diversity :-)

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