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Old 11-15-2008, 09:36 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa formosana= basjoo???

Having ordered Musa formosana seeds from sunshine-seeds.com and germinated them back in 2007, I can tell you that they are indeed NOT Musa formosana. I have discussed with Markku Hakkinen, and he believes based on pictures that I sent him that they might be a new species from Taiwan which is set to be described sometime next year. Both of my plants have grown huge in relatively small pots, and are extremely reluctant to form pups. They have waxy pseudostems and very upright leaves, both of which are not characteristics of M. formosana. They are also clumpers, whereas M. formosana is rhizomatous, like M. itinerans. I would post some pictures, but I don't have any recent ones, and both plants are back in the greenhouse at school with no leaves at the present time (couldn't fit them in the van with the leaves on them!).
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