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Originally Posted by JuniPerez
I bought this one from Sandy at Northern Tropics. It's the Mekong Giant. So far it's doing great. Definitely grew at a faster rate than my Musa basjoos. Bought it at about two feet tall in July. It is planted about a foot deeper into the ground, so with that in mind I'd say it is now 4-5 feet tall just with the above-ground height.
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'Mekong Giant' is not var. xishuangbannaensis, despite it being labeled as such. It is more likely var. itinerans.
I am growing var. itinerans and 'India Form'. I also have M. formosana in the greenhouse.