Well...
It
is a species banana. I am supposed to be getting one very soon. Supposedly, it is in the U.S., and he is just waiting to make sure that they don't die on him, and for them to start growing. Please don't ask me who or how much yet...I don't actually have it in my grubby little hands yet. Until I do, I am considering it all to be a nice dream
!
Tony Avent from Plant Delights Nursery brought one back from his trip to North Vietnam and Thailand last year. A source close to him told me that it died on him, which sounds slightly disturbing. Maybe it was just too much shock or something, who knows. He was going to try and tissue culture it.
On a side note, I have it from a reliable source that someone may have figured out how to crack the code of tc'ing the variegated AeAe! We should know sometime late this year or next. If you sell AeAe bananas, better start cranking them out fast and furious this Summer!! Prices will surely become much more reasonable if it is true.