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Naz
09-02-2013, 08:30 PM
Hi Everyone im currently trying to germinate some
Musa Cheesmanii,Thomsonii,Balbisiana Gigantea, acuminata Borneo and yunnenesis seeds but i cant seem to find any Musa jamacian dwarf red seeds
or just any other kind of intresting banana specie (by the way i already have a Musa Basjoo,Musa Mekong giant,Musa acuminata dwarf cavendish and a Musa sikkimensis)

Thanks for everything!

andy17
09-10-2013, 01:18 PM
Hi Everyone im currently trying to germinate some
Musa Cheesmanii,Thomsonii,Balbisiana Gigantea, acuminata Borneo and yunnenesis seeds but i cant seem to find any Musa jamacian dwarf red seeds
or just any other kind of intresting banana specie (by the way i already have a Musa Basjoo,Musa Mekong giant,Musa acuminata dwarf cavendish and a Musa sikkimensis)

Thanks for everything!

Hello Naz,
That is a great collection of Musa species! Many of those are difficult to find and obtain. Most all Musa species are seeded, except for food crop Musa acuminata x balbisiana varieties, which must be seedless to be edible. Because of this, they have to instead be grown from vegetative means such as a root corm or a plant as they produce few if any viable seeds. I believe Dwarf Red is an edible variety that is seedless, and must be bought as a plant or root corm. Several nurseries that offer many different varieties:

Welcome to Going Bananas of Homestead, Florida! (http://www.going-bananas.com/)

Buy Banana Plants & More Tropical Plants For Sale, Florida Hill Nursery (http://www.floridahillnursery.com/)

WELLSPRING GARDENS (http://www.wellspringgardens.org/servlet/StoreFront)

Bananas (http://stokestropicals.plants.com/Bananas-C65.aspx?s=OrderBy%20ASC&c=65&p=1)

Ebay and Amazon are also two other great places to look for unique and different varieties. Hope this helps! Best wishes