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Yohanan
08-31-2013, 05:35 AM
Maybe she is to young for good identification but if someone can help I will be grateful.

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1869/v9jn.jpg

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9373/n77m.jpg

Dalmatiansoap
08-31-2013, 09:33 AM
It is to young for a proper ID but seems like a Sikkimensis sport.
:nanadrink:

Yohanan
08-31-2013, 09:46 AM
In my opinion it is Sikkimensis, but this one is to different than other, because she is much taller, and pseudostem is so thin.

Dalmatiansoap
08-31-2013, 05:17 PM
Like everything else raised from seeds.
:woohoonaner:

shannondicorse
08-31-2013, 07:34 PM
Yohanan,

How did you come by this plant? Was it a seedling?

Thanks,

shannon

shannon.di.corse@gmail.com

Yohanan
09-01-2013, 09:29 AM
Shannon,

I bought some seeds of Musa sikkimensis from internet. So this plant is from seed. But when I saw how she look after a few days, I saw that she is much different than other plants from same package. So, first I was thinking maybe seller made mistake and put one seed of acuminata or someone else bananas.

shannondicorse
09-01-2013, 11:27 AM
Yohanan,

I have a seedling just like that;it was from a batch of open pollinated Musa acuminata malaccensis that might have had genetic admixture with two "acuminata" accessions from Assam, India more than 6 decades ago.

It looks just like your plant - including the undulant leaf margins; undersurface colouration; and I suspect the peculiarities of leaf venation.

It came as a complete surprise to me! The other seedlings were mostly typical. Not at all this divergent!


I'll get photos when next I visit my seedling gardens next week.

Maybe you could keep me in the loop about your seedling's development? It would be very interesting to compare notes.


shannon

shannon.di.corse@gmail.com

Yohanan
09-02-2013, 05:39 AM
Shannon,

I will continue to post the pic of my banana every few weeks and we can compare our plants.

Thats why we here ;)