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Old 09-22-2010, 10:49 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: which itinerans is this? from thailand

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Originally Posted by N2tropicAL View Post
i bought an ornata variety that turned out to be something similar to what you have posted as gros michel. i think some tissue culture trays got mislabeled. frank tends to think mine is itinerans var guangdongensis aka burmese blue. the trunks dont freeze most winters...however this winter it froze to the ground.
At one point it was thought that 'Burmese Blue' was var. guangdongensis, but this is not the case. There are several purple-fruited itinerans forms.
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