momoese
01-10-2014, 01:23 AM
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds posted this today on FB. Gabe?
In this picture Alicia Simcox is in New Guinea with a wild harvested stem of a wild banana species with orange fruit. It is called : Musa peekelii and it is pretty rare to find. Joe and Alicia and team hiked in to the Cyclops Mountain Range to find this specimen! There are more than 120 different banana species, and hundreds and hundreds of "domesticated" clones. domesticated bananas for the most part don't produce seeds, the wild ones do and they are filled with "peppercorn" like black or brown seeds!
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m161/momoese/1553448_10152133272876163_2016985331_o_zpse56121cb.jpg
In this picture Alicia Simcox is in New Guinea with a wild harvested stem of a wild banana species with orange fruit. It is called : Musa peekelii and it is pretty rare to find. Joe and Alicia and team hiked in to the Cyclops Mountain Range to find this specimen! There are more than 120 different banana species, and hundreds and hundreds of "domesticated" clones. domesticated bananas for the most part don't produce seeds, the wild ones do and they are filled with "peppercorn" like black or brown seeds!
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m161/momoese/1553448_10152133272876163_2016985331_o_zpse56121cb.jpg