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varig8 · 08-17-2011, 07:40 PM

I have seen this occasionally with some of my bananas. And I think only with the TC plants. I do not know what causes this, perhaps some type of mutation in the specific plant. I have never seen a normal leafed plant just start to do this, and it seems stable. I even had one that grew sideways along the ground like a rhizome instead of a corm! I had another, Dwarf Hua Moa, which typically grew only to about 2'-3' tall with gray leaves about 12" long and grew like a Fan also. It was so very unusual, a real "Liliputian" banana, it looked like a true Bonsai banana tree perfect in scale, not like Truly Tiny or other small bananas. The roots would continually develop and grow out of the P-stem upwards on the stalk until I had to cut them off at ground level and replant them! I have photos of both of these oddities in my members Photo Gallery. Look for the photos entitled "Mutant Musa" and "Musa Hua Moa Dwarf Fan" to view them, they are worth looking at! There is also another photo of a Dwarf Cavendish 'Fan' there.
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varig8 Member varig8's Photo Gallery Location: miami Zone: 10-11 Name: varig8 Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 266 BananaBucks : 45,467 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 74 Times Was Thanked 383 Times in 144 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: A Travellers Palm? I have seen this occasionally with some of my bananas. And I think only with the TC plants. I do not know what causes this, perhaps some type of mutation in the specific plant. I have never seen a normal leafed plant just start to do this, and it seems stable. I even had one that grew sideways along the ground like a rhizome instead of a corm! I had another, Dwarf Hua Moa, which typically grew only to about 2'-3' tall with gray leaves about 12" long and grew like a Fan also. It was so very unusual, a real "Liliputian" banana, it looked like a true Bonsai banana tree perfect in scale, not like Truly Tiny or other small bananas. The roots would continually develop and grow out of the P-stem upwards on the stalk until I had to cut them off at ground level and replant them! I have photos of both of these oddities in my members Photo Gallery. Look for the photos entitled "Mutant Musa" and "Musa Hua Moa Dwarf Fan" to view them, they are worth looking at! There is also another photo of a Dwarf Cavendish 'Fan' there. Varig8 Banana Gallery - Mutant Musa Banana Gallery - Musa Hua Moa Dwarf Fan Banana Gallery - Dwarf Cavendish Fan-top view Banana Gallery - Dwarf Cavendish Fan Banana Gallery - Member Profile Last edited by varig8 : 08-17-2011 at 07:45 PM.