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Old 03-25-2009, 01:01 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Joy Re: Arm and Leg for Big Mike/Gros Michel Bananas?

Hey Bob, this one's for you. This is the Pisang 'Moon' with an ambiguous background. It is a very rare and old cultivar of which I can't find any info on it here. It went off the block at about the same time as the Gros Michel. I have a hunch it may be the real deal GM.

Does anyone out there have pix of the GM with fruits and bud for comparison with this pix?

The p-stem is approx 9ft.


I found the plant in an Orang Asli village as the headman, Ulang, kept it from his father's time. He's 60 yrs old now. So the timing seems quite near the era of the GM. I got a pup from him.
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