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Originally Posted by jpfloors
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." |
The seeds are misrepresented because they got them from somebody else who had them misidentified. It's not really their fault. If you do a search on this site, you will find several threads about the confusion about Musa yunnanensis/Musa itinerans. Basically, seeds were originally sold by rarepalmseeds.com as Musa itinerans. This banana later proved to not be M. itinerans, but a new species described as M. yunnanensis. The banana you have will get about 15 feet of pseudostem in Florida, give or take.
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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?!?
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My Musa yunnanensis is very cold hardy, and is an attractive alternative to M. basjoo. I'm not sure about the Wiki, I haven't checked it recently.