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Old 12-17-2015, 03:33 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Default Re: Birth of a New Hybrid Musa: Musa sp. aff. aurantiaca (Trebrown seeds) x velutina

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Originally Posted by siege2050 View Post
I tried to cross Orinoco x Velutina but nope lol, but I am not that familiar with the workings of banana pollination.
Orinoco is a triploid, velutina is diploid; while the cross might work, you would have to make the cross a bunch of times as that is what the banana breeders do. Like maybe one seed per bunch if they are lucky.
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