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Old 05-13-2013, 04:22 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Wanted: Musa sikkimensis (REGULAR, not tiger!)

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Originally Posted by jmoore View Post
All sikkimensis will have some form of striping even the 'non' tiger variety. I doubt that Tiger actually exists and is just a normal sikkimensis. The striping becomes less pronounced as they get older.

Sikkimensis 'Daj Giant' doesn't have as much striping if that's what you want.
Not true, but since the 'market' seems to think we customers only want red stripes, most sikkimensis seem to have some degree of tiger in it.
Wild sikkimensis however (I've seen them myself in Darjeeling and Sikkim e.g.) does not have this tiger pattern, and neither do most adult plants. The stripes are almost only present is the smaller suckers and young plants.

I have a couple of big ones myself, dark green on top and nice reddish on underneath the leaves. Unfortunately I am from the Netherlands so I can't really ship you one Musafied,...

Good luck finding one, I'm sure you will!
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Remko.
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