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AmberNichole
10-28-2010, 04:59 PM
It was sold to me as a Black Thai, but it's not black and so i guess it's really not a Black Thai. Any banana experts wanna take a guess?? Thanks! Also it's about 5/6' in that picture.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37723&size=1
Gabe15
10-28-2010, 10:42 PM
It looks like it could possibly be M. balbisiana still. 'Thai Black' is a form of M. balbisiana. It is possible your plant was mixed up, or I suppose it's also possible that it is a green mutant. Very often, bananas are tissue cultured too much (meaning too many subculture cycles without restarting lines from field grown plants) and the mutation rates go way up. Loss of pigmentation is a very common mutation in this situation.
coast crab
11-19-2010, 07:54 PM
[QUOTE=Gabe15 Loss of pigmentation is a very common mutation in this situation.[/QUOTE]
Hey Amber, you should name this one M. balbisiana 'Michael Jackson'.
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Linda_GER
11-20-2010, 03:53 PM
Hey Amber, you should name this one M. balbisiana 'Michael Jackson'.
Oh please - no jokes about my baby...:moonwalknaner: :(
Markku Hakkinen
12-12-2010, 04:01 AM
It was sold to me as a Black Thai, but it's not black and so i guess it's really not a Black Thai. Any banana experts wanna take a guess?? Thanks! Also it's about 5/6' in that picture.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37723&size=1
It looks too robust to be a wild species. I suppose it to be ABB cultivar.
Markku.
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