quasivucko
10-24-2015, 03:44 PM
Last year I bought seeds of "Helen's hybrid" from an ebay source.
Four of them germinated, but as they grew a difference appeared. One of the bananas is purely green, while other three have red stripes like Sikkimensis red tiger on the leaves.
Can it be a mistake of a seller and a different seed in the pack, or Helen's hybrid can give various plants?
If some of these two does not like like Helen' s hybrid - any guesses of identification?
I will add some photos of both.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59006&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59006)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59007&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59007)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59008&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59008)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59009&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59009)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59010&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59010)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59011&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59011)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59012&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59012)
Four of them germinated, but as they grew a difference appeared. One of the bananas is purely green, while other three have red stripes like Sikkimensis red tiger on the leaves.
Can it be a mistake of a seller and a different seed in the pack, or Helen's hybrid can give various plants?
If some of these two does not like like Helen' s hybrid - any guesses of identification?
I will add some photos of both.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59006&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59006)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59007&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59007)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59008&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59008)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59009&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59009)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59010&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59010)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59011&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59011)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59012&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59012)