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Tropicallvr · 01-19-2007, 05:34 PM

Musa cheesmanii seems to be on par with sikkimensis for stem hardiness, but it is definatly alot more hardy than M.burmese blue, M.initerans(TC), M.sp big flower.
All of these listed(besides sikkimensis), have absolutly no hard stem left, and the cheesmanii has a perfect looking stem with green petioles.
They are in a greenhouse and some of them actually had ice hanging off of them.
Next year I think I'll going to put it to the test against sikkimensis, and basjoo. The seeds were from RPS, and it has been my fastest growing Musa from seed.

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