bigdog

Hi Remko,

On the surface, the unidentified mother plant appears to be in the Rhodochlamys group, along with Musa velutina. I do know that plants from Rhodochlamys and Eumusa groups can successfully produce fertile seeds, since it has been done before with M. velutina and M. balbisiana.

I'm not sure about storing pollen, but have often wondered the same thing myself. There's not much, if any, information about it in scholarly papers that I could find in a search a few years ago. According to some firsthand reports, Musa pollen only stays viable for a few days at room temperature.

Frank