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10-06-2011, 01:09 AM
:2738: OK, you 'nanner experts. I've had these two plants growing next to each other for a while now, and I was suspicioius, at first, that one was mislabeled. Now, since they are larger, and I'm seeing more and more differences, I'm sure of it. I want your opinions to ensure that I'm not just imagining things. The one on the left in the photos had those burgandy marks on the leave while small, but the one on the right did not. Now I'm seeing that the left one has a mostly green p-stem, and the right one has much more pink. The left one has a lower leaf where the petiole is a lighter color, but that leaf is dying and losing its green so it doesn't count.
The left one has shorter wider leaves with about an 8 inch petiole, while the right one has longer narrower leaves with about a 14 inch petiole. I moved around to ensure that those petiole photos were the same distance from the camera.
They were both sold as Manzano, but I suspect the left one is a dwarf Brazilian (shorter petioles), and the pink stem and longer leaved one is an actual Manzano. Oh, they are the same age, and were planted at the same time, and based on the suns movement they both get equal exposure.
What about it 'nanner folk?
leaves - shorter and wider on left, longer and thinner on right
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46095><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46095&size=1 border=0></a>
p-stems - green on left, pink on right
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46097><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46097&size=1 border=0></a>
short petiole (8 inch)
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46096><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46096&size=1 border=0></a>
longer petiole (14 inch)
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46098><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46098&size=1 border=0></a>
The left one has shorter wider leaves with about an 8 inch petiole, while the right one has longer narrower leaves with about a 14 inch petiole. I moved around to ensure that those petiole photos were the same distance from the camera.
They were both sold as Manzano, but I suspect the left one is a dwarf Brazilian (shorter petioles), and the pink stem and longer leaved one is an actual Manzano. Oh, they are the same age, and were planted at the same time, and based on the suns movement they both get equal exposure.
What about it 'nanner folk?
leaves - shorter and wider on left, longer and thinner on right
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46095><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46095&size=1 border=0></a>
p-stems - green on left, pink on right
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46097><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46097&size=1 border=0></a>
short petiole (8 inch)
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46096><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46096&size=1 border=0></a>
longer petiole (14 inch)
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46098><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46098&size=1 border=0></a>