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Markku Hakkinen
03-01-2013, 06:25 AM
Hello,
Please note on of my new discoveries from North Vietnam at:
Promusa - Mobilizing banana science for sustainable livelihoods | Musa haekkinenii (http://www.promusa.org/tiki-index.php?page=Musa+haekkinenii)
which was named after me.
Markku

Dalmatiansoap
03-01-2013, 09:38 AM
Congratulations Dr. Markku!
Nice to see there are still new species to discover, I wish U ll have more success in Your future work.
:nanadrink:

Hammocked Banana
03-01-2013, 01:34 PM
Awesome! Congratulations!

sandy0225
03-01-2013, 04:18 PM
Congratulations. That is a beautiful blooming banana plant. Those would be nice to introduce to the trade as a houseplant...

MediaHound
03-01-2013, 05:22 PM
Congrats! Can you tell us more about the story when you discovered it. What was that like?

saltydad
03-01-2013, 09:56 PM
I too wish to add my congratulations to you for your work described here. Further info is eagerly awaited.

jmoore
03-02-2013, 01:54 AM
Yes congratulations Markku!

So there are no wild populations of this plant! Are there any seeds available?

Markku Hakkinen
03-02-2013, 03:52 AM
Hello,
The story of our 5-weeks collection mission in 2008 has been published on Carifornia Rare Fruit magazine: Fruit Gardener Fruit 42(5): Inside front cover, 2, 25-29, back cover.
Markku.

oakshadows
03-02-2013, 06:52 PM
Thank you for this beautiful plant. Good health and good discoveries.

blownz281
03-04-2013, 09:25 AM
Cool! Wonder why there are no wild populations left? Did you guys investigate that at all.

Markku Hakkinen
04-01-2013, 03:40 AM
Hi,
During the 5-weeks mission one can't search the every corner of the country as Vietnam is huge country. However, we travelled from the very north (China border) to very south (Cambodia border). We had to skip oy some places to study due to very tight schedule.
Markku.