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Old 08-07-2009, 12:49 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Question to specialist

hello cesar,

i think banana classification/taxonomy is one of the most complicated for a single plant family....there are hundreds of ascensions of banana being documented under M.balbisiana x M.acuminata alone...morphologically different bearing different common names depending on each country/the person tho named them...moreover, there are ascensions of species that can be grown though seeds which often designated as "varieties" and those seedless ones which are grown vegetatively are designated as "cultivars"...

Seeded bananas are usually wild varieties and if you want to cultivate bananas for food purposes its better to buy from the pups (suckers)...for me, its much more delicious plus seedless...also an assurance from buying dead/non-germinating seeds...

have fun cultivating them...
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