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Eric-Orlando,FL
01-25-2008, 06:09 PM
A Musa violacea that I grew from seed has started flowering. It is about 3ft tall and still in a 5 gal. pot in the greenhouse.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc37/Leu51/Bananas/img_0617.jpg
bigdog
01-25-2008, 07:05 PM
Nice, Eric! Looks quite healthy. How come I don't see any spider mite damage? :2190:
You can see the Musa ornata parentage in it for sure.
Frank
mskitty38583
01-25-2008, 08:00 PM
what a lovely flower...now im sure i have to have one. lol
Randy4ut
01-25-2008, 09:20 PM
Eric,
Thanks for posting the pic. I received one from someone from this board last summer that lived in California. I have it overwintering in my den and it currently has about 2' of pstem and two small pups. It is actually one of the better looking ones in my den and can't wait to get it out in the ground come spring. nice looking bloom!!!! Have you run into any problems so far with yours???
jellyfish_sky
01-26-2008, 12:08 AM
Nice flower! I have some violacea seeds on my heating mat... still waiting .... I hope they'll be just like yours one day!
Bananaman88
01-26-2008, 09:38 AM
Nice flower. Reminds me of laterita/ornata as well. Great job growing it from seed!
dablo93
01-26-2008, 04:26 PM
nice flower! i like the dark leaves:)
magicgreen
01-27-2008, 10:16 AM
Very nice!!! I cant WAIT till mine do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Eric-Orlando,FL
01-27-2008, 02:56 PM
No problems, it just wants to get into the ground!
So I guess the should be called M. x violacea since it is a hybrid?
Randy4ut
01-27-2008, 03:04 PM
No problems, it just wants to get into the ground!
So I guess the should be called M. x violacea since it is a hybrid?
Eric,
I would guess you are correct with the M. x vilacea, but hopefully some of the more banana gurus will pipe in and give us their definitive...
Again, best of luck with yours and thanks for sharing the pic...
bigdog
01-27-2008, 07:14 PM
I suppose Musa x violacea sounds good! Maybe it should even be called Musa 'Violacea'. I don't know.
Eric-Orlando,FL
02-01-2008, 04:46 PM
Here it is again, it was planted yesterday;
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc37/Leu51/Bananas/img_0638.jpg
Gabe15
02-01-2008, 04:56 PM
If you haven't seen this paper on Rhodochlamys yet, its a fairly good reference, even though there have been new discoveries and advancements in the years since its publication.
http://bananas.bioversityinternational.org/files/files/pdf/publications/focusen_rhodochlamys.pdf
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