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Blake09
12-17-2009, 09:11 PM
I was looking at Agri-starts and they are selling this banana. When I looked it up there was no growing info, no pictures, NOTHING. What is this banana plant?



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sandy0225
12-18-2009, 07:23 AM
I don't know, but I just got some! They are cute little things about 2.5 inches tall. They seem to be growing well though. they'll be ready to go for spring 2010. Doesn't that sound far off?

Bananaman88
12-20-2009, 10:22 AM
I'm pretty sure they just goofed up the spelling. I think it should be spelled maclayi, and it is a species rather than a cultivar. See this thread in the Species Banana section:
http://www.bananas.org/f16/musa-macklayi-10011.html

Caloosamusa
12-20-2009, 11:44 AM
This is what one of the TC'd macklayi looks like. :2200:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27881&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27881)

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Gabe15
12-20-2009, 10:45 PM
This is what one of the TC'd macklayi looks like. :2200:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27881&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27881)

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It is nice to see a photo of these plants, even at this young age they really do not look anything like the species Musa maclayi, just as I thought before. Its rather easy to ID the Australimusa species to their section (section Australimusa of the genus Musa, as opposed to section Musa of the genus of the Musa where most banana plants on the market are classified). True M. maclayi is waxless, has no reddish coloration on the plant typical of Musa section plants (as shown in the photo above), though they can be colored with bronwnish/purpleish mottling but it really looks quite different, and they have pointed leaves.

See these photos of my M. jackeyi, a close relative of M. maclayi.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27951&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27951&ppuser=5)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27950&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27950&ppuser=5)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27952&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27952&ppuser=5)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=27953&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27953&ppuser=5)