Thanks Frank, but curious why would you think that the seeds would be misrepresented? They came from
Banana Seeds A-Z from Georgia Vines. I've dealt with her several times before and never gone wrong! Any specific reason so then I can direct that question to my source? This is the description given on her website, "10 seeds of this banana very rare Musa itinerans or Musa Yunnan, from the Himalayan mountain region of Tibet. This giant 40 foot banana is cold hardy to 28 degrees. The non-edible fruit is blunt shaped and is pink to dark lavender in color and the blue-grreen trunk is a real eyecatcher. Very hard to find plants."
I hope that it is the Itinerans that gets to 40ft. I think that'd be AWSOME to have a banana tree in my back yard that tall... but kind of hard to hide that from the sun here in FL!
I actually receive 8 varieties from her and so far three varieties have began to germinate! Itinerans, Violacea and Velutina....
I see that you have a very nice portfolio of musa species in your profile! Have you had much luck with your itinerans/yunnan? What is the difference between the Itinerans listed in the Wiki and the Yunnanensis, in the wiki, but with no info, just your picture and someone elses. I'm guessing the yunnanensis doesn't get to 40 ft. tall since you have it planted directly beside your house?!?
Yes, the pine tree in my neighbores yard provides lots of shade after 1pm. That's where I planted my veggie garden as the strong sun light here in FL is known for killing vegetables at full strength all day!