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Clinton3666 · 02-05-2011, 07:49 PM

Hi Markku,
I have a musa siamensis growing in my garden, but instead of yellow colour, the flag leaf had orange-pink midrib and the part of flower, which is still inside the leaf canal.

I were pluzzled and thought "the orange-pink colour do not exist in musa ornata and musa siamensis, yet my plant did have orange-pink colour on midrib of flag leaf."

My plant had white powdery wax on leaf stalks & stem.
The petiole and wings were clasping the pseudostem, unlike in musa ornata, the wings were undaulating (not clasping on pseudostem)

The plant is 4 feet tall and had a sucker just 3 inches away.

I imported it as seeds with label "musa siamensis"

How can I tell musa siamensis and musa laterita from musa ornata when not in flower ???

Help needed.

Clinton.

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Clinton3666 Clinton3666's Photo Gallery Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 189 BananaBucks : 108,848 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 3 Times Was Thanked 63 Times in 33 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2 Times	musa siamensis ?? Hi Markku, I have a musa siamensis growing in my garden, but instead of yellow colour, the flag leaf had orange-pink midrib and the part of flower, which is still inside the leaf canal. I were pluzzled and thought "the orange-pink colour do not exist in musa ornata and musa siamensis, yet my plant did have orange-pink colour on midrib of flag leaf." My plant had white powdery wax on leaf stalks & stem. The petiole and wings were clasping the pseudostem, unlike in musa ornata, the wings were undaulating (not clasping on pseudostem) The plant is 4 feet tall and had a sucker just 3 inches away. I imported it as seeds with label "musa siamensis" How can I tell musa siamensis and musa laterita from musa ornata when not in flower ??? Help needed. Clinton. Last edited by Clinton3666 : 02-06-2011 at 05:33 AM. Reason: Send to Markku Hakkinen