Robert
10-03-2006, 10:29 PM
I have a banana and I wonder what it is.
I have a colony of 5 or six lasiocarpas, which I know are correctly ID'd because I watched it bloom. The mystery nanner was a gift and is supposed to be hardy here in 7b. That narrows things down a good deal. Lasiocarpa, basjoo or.......what?
My plant is a bit different from my lasiocarpas in that there are fewer main veins in the leaves. Is it possible that a different clone could have fewer veins than all my other lasiocarpas?
It is also much fatter at ground level even though the plant isn't as large as the lasios. Just recently, the last few leaves are becoming more narrow than the lasios, but some of the lasios' leaves seem to be as narrow, but most are wider in sillhouette than the mystery one's leaves, for the most part. Earlier on, the only consistant difference was the veining.
Here are a couple pix of the mystery banana.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1421&cat=500&ppuser=451
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1420&cat=500&ppuser=451
Anyone rcognize this one or suggest possibilities?
I have a colony of 5 or six lasiocarpas, which I know are correctly ID'd because I watched it bloom. The mystery nanner was a gift and is supposed to be hardy here in 7b. That narrows things down a good deal. Lasiocarpa, basjoo or.......what?
My plant is a bit different from my lasiocarpas in that there are fewer main veins in the leaves. Is it possible that a different clone could have fewer veins than all my other lasiocarpas?
It is also much fatter at ground level even though the plant isn't as large as the lasios. Just recently, the last few leaves are becoming more narrow than the lasios, but some of the lasios' leaves seem to be as narrow, but most are wider in sillhouette than the mystery one's leaves, for the most part. Earlier on, the only consistant difference was the veining.
Here are a couple pix of the mystery banana.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1421&cat=500&ppuser=451
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1420&cat=500&ppuser=451
Anyone rcognize this one or suggest possibilities?