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Markbananas
05-23-2016, 10:31 AM
I am trying to find out if these banana plants are all Musa Basjoo. The are all supposed to be Musa Basjoo.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59787&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59787)
The left chair has 2 banana plants that do not look like the 4 in the right chair. this made me think the 2 in the left chair were not Musa Basjoo and perhaps some other kind of Banana. What do you think these banana plants are?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59788&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59788)
This is one view of the 2 from the left chair after a few days planted.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59789&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59789)
This is the other side view of the 2 from the left chair after a few days planted.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59790&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59790)0
This is a picture of 2 from the right chair that I think are Musa Basjoo after a few days planted.


thank you Markbananas

Tytaylor77
05-23-2016, 09:25 PM
To me the 2 on the left look like musa basjoo. The ones on the right look more cavendish. I'm not an expert and that's just my best guess.

Markbananas
05-24-2016, 02:05 AM
Do you mean Dawrf Cavendish?

Markbananas
05-24-2016, 02:06 AM
To me the 2 on the left look like musa basjoo. The ones on the right look more cavendish. I'm not an expert and that's just my best guess.

Do you mean Dwarf Cavendish? I have the experts at the Palm Beach County Extension department in Flordia looking in to this. They have a state tropical fruit expert. If your right and they are Cavendish that is a problem.

Thanks for your help.

Markbananas
05-24-2016, 02:08 AM
To me the 2 on the left look like musa basjoo. The ones on the right look more cavendish. I'm not an expert and that's just my best guess.

What makes you think the 2 on the left look like Musa Basjoo? Please

Markbananas
05-24-2016, 03:03 AM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59799&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59799&ppuser=23404)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59800&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59800&ppuser=23404)

I'm no expert but have experts working on it. :woohoonaner:

Tytaylor77
05-24-2016, 08:21 AM
The ones on the left are exactly like mine which I'm pretty sure is basjoo. Has winged closed petioles and the yellowish green color.

Ones on the right look different to me. New pictures look more like basjoo but so hard to tell without close up pictures of the petioles. You may have to wait for some leaf growth.

Good news is basjoo is super easy to identify. They look totally different than all my other plants. Mostly the color and winged closed petioles.

I'll try to get some pics of mine later.

Markbananas
05-24-2016, 11:09 AM
The ones on the left are exactly like mine which I'm pretty sure is basjoo. Has winged closed petioles and the yellowish green color.

Ones on the right look different to me. New pictures look more like basjoo but so hard to tell without close up pictures of the petioles. You may have to wait for some leaf growth.

Good news is basjoo is super easy to identify. They look totally different than all my other plants. Mostly the color and winged closed petioles.

I'll try to get some pics of mine later.
I have some leaf growth on the 2 banana plants from the chair on the left and will have more as they grow. But if they are not genuine I have some time constraints as if they are not genuine I will have to return them on Ebay. Thanks for the info on the winged closed petioles. I am looking it to that. Thanks

Gabe15
05-24-2016, 12:30 PM
They are all M. basjoo, definitely no Cavendish. The colors can vary slightly with age and conditions.

Gabe15
05-24-2016, 12:31 PM
M. basjoo petioles are winged but open, not closed, and often spreading widely even.

Tytaylor77
05-24-2016, 04:25 PM
M. basjoo petioles are winged but open, not closed, and often spreading widely even.

Here are mine. Again this is why gabe is the expert and not me.

Musa basjoo - more closed.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59806&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59806&ppuser=20917)

Musa gran Nain - more open.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59808&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59808&ppuser=20917)

That's what I was talking about. Guess it's not totally closed but way less open than most I have. I'm pretty sure I have a basjoo and I have never seen any red on one. Learn something everyday.

Thanks gabe.
Just trying to learn. There is no doubt in my mind you are correct here.

Markbananas
05-24-2016, 10:23 PM
Are there any other bananas that have this same type of petioles as you described that may look like the Musa Basjoo?

Tytaylor77
05-24-2016, 10:35 PM
Musa Orinoco. It may be what I have instead of basjoo. I have for sure tall Orinoco and dwarf Orinoco. They look a lot different than my "basjoo". It should flower very soon no matter what it is and I will know for sure. It's my tallest banana at about 15'. Counting leaves it's 20+

Markbananas
05-25-2016, 10:41 AM
They are all M. basjoo, definitely no Cavendish. The colors can vary slightly with age and conditions.

Thanks for the info. I am still looking in to this. Some official tropical fruit experts in Florida have not been able to identify the banana plant yet & some of the experts with Texas A&M AgriLife have not been identified it yet. But they are now contacting experts across the United States to get this plant identified.

Thanks for the pictures and I will post more but giving them a little time to grow.

Trying to go bananas in a orderly fashion has been bananas but still trying. :birthdaynana:

Markbananas
05-25-2016, 10:48 AM
They are all M. basjoo, definitely no Cavendish. The colors can vary slightly with age and conditions.

Thanks for the info. I am still looking in to this. Some official tropical fruit experts in Florida have not been able to identify the banana plant yet & some of the experts with Texas A&M AgriLife have not been identified it yet. But they are now contacting experts across the United States to get this plant identified.

Thanks for the information and if you are right you may be the world renowned Musa Basjoo expert.

Trying to go bananas in a orderly fashion has been bananas but still trying.

The bananas are growing kinda quick and will post more pictures in a few days.

Thank You markbananas :2738:

Markbananas
05-25-2016, 11:46 AM
Some more information about the Musa Basjoo from Medicinal Plant Images Database - Record page (http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?lang=en&channelid=1288&searchword=herb_id=D01178)

Description Perennial fascicular herbs, 2.5-4m tall. Petiole stubby, as long as 30cm; blades oblong, 2-3m long, 25-30m wide, apex obtuse, base circular or asymmetric, leaf surface emerald green, glossy. Inflorescence terminal, nutant; bracts rufous or purple, male flower borne in upper inflorescence, female flower borne in below inflorescence; female flowers 10-16 in one bract, 2 rows; gamophyllous tepal 4-4.5cm long, 5(3+2) dentate, free tepal equilong to gamophyllous tepal, apex cuspidate. Berry trigonous, oblong, 5-7cm long, 3-5 angled, nearly sessile, fleshy, inner numerous seeds. Seeds black, verrucose and irregularly angled, 6-8mm wide. Flowering: August to September.

Markbananas
05-25-2016, 11:59 AM
Going to see if the the Hong Kong Baptist University School of Chinese Medicine can identify the banana plants as Musa Basjoo. They may have some experts. Hong Kong Baptist University - School of Chinese Medicine - Contact Us (http://scm.hkbu.edu.hk/en/contact_us/index.html) Medicinal Plant Images Database - Record page (http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?lang=en&channelid=1288&searchword=herb_id=D01178)

Markbananas
05-25-2016, 10:53 PM
The well-designed hierarchical structure of Musa basjoo for supercapacitors The well-designed hierarchical structure of Musa basjoo for supercapacitors (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740865/) they look at Musa Basjoo through a microscope. Got to get them onboard with my Musa Basjoo id quest.

Markbananas
05-25-2016, 10:54 PM
Here are mine. Again this is why gabe is the expert and not me.

Musa basjoo - more closed.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59806&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59806&ppuser=20917)

Musa gran Nain - more open.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59808&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59808&ppuser=20917)

That's what I was talking about. Guess it's not totally closed but way less open than most I have. I'm pretty sure I have a basjoo and I have never seen any red on one. Learn something everyday.

Thanks gabe.
Just trying to learn. There is no doubt in my mind you are correct here.

Take a look at this. The well-designed hierarchical structure of Musa basjoo for supercapacitors (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740865/)

Markbananas
05-25-2016, 10:55 PM
M. basjoo petioles are winged but open, not closed, and often spreading widely even.

interesting stuff The well-designed hierarchical structure of Musa basjoo for supercapacitors (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740865/)

Markbananas
05-25-2016, 11:20 PM
Other Musa Basjoo data that may be used to identify this banana and or contacts that may have info about doing so.

The well-designed hierarchical structure of Musa basjoo for supercapacitors
The well-designed hierarchical structure of Musa basjoo for supercapacitors (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740865/)

. Evidence for the involvement of Globosa-like gene duplications and expression divergence in the evolution of floral morphology in the Zingiberales.
Evidence for the involvement of Globosa-like gene duplications and expression divergence in the evolution of floral morphology in the Zingiberales. - PubMed - NCBI (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20456055)

[Active compounds from rhizomes of Musa basjoo].
[Active compounds from rhizomes of Musa basjoo]. - PubMed - NCBI (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21141492)

Evidence for the involvement of Globosa-like gene duplications and expression divergence in the evolution of floral morphology in the Zingiberales.
Evidence for the involvement of Globosa-like gene duplications and expression divergence in the evolution of floral morphology in the Zingiberales. - PubMed - NCBI (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20456055)


U.S. National Plant Germplasm System
https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24710

Introduction to Cold-Hardy Tropicals for Virginia Landscapes
Introduction to Cold-Hardy Tropicals for Virginia Landscapes | Publications and Educational Resources | Virginia Tech (http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/3005/3005-1446/3005-1446.html)

Three New Species of Cyphellophora (Chaetothyriales) Associated with Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck
PLOS ONE: Three New Species of Cyphellophora (Chaetothyriales) Associated with Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0136857)

Flora of China
Musa basjoo in Flora of China @ efloras.org (http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028238)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
Osmotin from Calotropis procera latex: New insights into structure and antifungal properties (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005273611002197)

Banana Lectin: A Brief Review
http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/11/18817/htm

Osmotin from Calotropis procera latex: New insights into structure and antifungal properties
Osmotin from Calotropis procera latex: New insights into structure and antifungal properties (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005273611002197)

Science.gov Your Gateway to U.S. Federal Science :lurk:
abaca musa textilis: Topics by Science.gov (http://www.science.gov/topicpages/a/abaca+musa+textilis.html)
See #20 The well-designed hierarchical structure of Musa basjoo for supercapacitors
PubMed Central

Biomed Central
Positive selection on the K domain of the AGAMOUS protein in the Zingiberales suggests a mechanism for the evolution of androecial morphology | EvoDevo | Full Text (http://evodevojournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13227-015-0002-x)

MUSA BASJOO
Musa basjoo | World eBook Library on the Kindle - eBooks | Read eBooks online (http://kindle.worldlibrary.net/articles/Musa_basjoo)

Markbananas
05-25-2016, 11:26 PM
Tesas A&M Agriculture & Life Sciences Texas A&M University Department of Horticultural Sciences Aggie Horticulture | Department of Horticultural Sciences (http://hortsciences.tamu.edu/about/extension/)

How many Aggies does it take to identify a Musa Basjoo banana plant?

Markbananas
05-26-2016, 11:28 AM
left chair bana leaf front view 5/25/16 http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59821&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59821)

left chair bana leaf back 5/25/16 http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59820&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59820)

left chair banana leaf with stem 5/25/16 http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59822&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59822&ppuser=23404)

Markbananas
05-26-2016, 01:10 PM
Without the correct identification which requires a bloom/ flower on the banana plant your buying from. You need to see the flower/bloom and know what plants you are buying.

If you can not do that, you risk falling victim to the Musa Bassjo Craze. Sellers sell you whatever for more money cashing in the premium price Musa Basjoo brings. :kiteflyingnanergif:

Gabe15
05-26-2016, 09:35 PM
They are all still M. basjoo

Markbananas
05-28-2016, 01:46 AM
They are all still M. basjoo

No way to know if they are Musa Basjoo without seeing the bloom / flower

the musa basjoo foliage, there are some subtle differences in petioles, leaf color, etc. but those can be difficult to confirm. The foliage also tends to be a little lighter green than most other bananas, but so many variables (light exposure, nutrition, etc.) can impact the reliability of that.

You can find answers to questions you may have about banana plants or agriculture from experts. https://ask.extension.org/ask

Gabe15
05-29-2016, 10:09 AM
No way to know if they are Musa Basjoo without seeing the bloom / flower

the musa basjoo foliage, there are some subtle differences in petioles, leaf color, etc. but those can be difficult to confirm. The foliage also tends to be a little lighter green than most other bananas, but so many variables (light exposure, nutrition, etc.) can impact the reliability of that.

You can find answers to questions you may have about banana plants or agriculture from experts. https://ask.extension.org/ask

This is not true. Musa basjoo is very easy to ID before flowering. The distinct large wavy winged petiole is a rather unique trait among all bananas, others have it too, but none are as common as M. basjoo, especially in the US. In addition, other bananas with similar distinct winged petioles have other drastically different traits too, none of which appear on your plants, that is aside from the fact it would be nearly impossible to accidentally receive those rare and unusual bananas compared to M. basjoo which is extremely common.

You can ask general plant or agriculture experts that likely do not know much or anything about bananas, or you can ask and believe the experts here.

sputinc7
05-29-2016, 12:36 PM
Go easy on him, sir... He doesn't know your fine qualities of banana identification.
I can vouch for Gabe seeing right away that my "Manzano" was not a Manzano, but he said it is Brazilian, which when I searched characteristics for that variety, seems to match. I have a pup flowering again now, and am posting pics on the "what's blooming" thread. In a week or so, I hope you check again for a double sure. (It is definitely not Manzano as I know what they taste like)
That said, I am curious of how you became the resident banana expert here.. College or just lots of experience or just lurking here for over a decade?

Markbananas
05-29-2016, 08:22 PM
This is not true. Musa basjoo is very easy to ID before flowering. The distinct large wavy winged petiole is a rather unique trait among all bananas, others have it too, but none are as common as M. basjoo, especially in the US. In addition, other bananas with similar distinct winged petioles have other drastically different traits too, none of which appear on your plants, that is aside from the fact it would be nearly impossible to accidentally receive those rare and unusual bananas compared to M. basjoo which is extremely common.

You can ask general plant or agriculture experts that likely do not know much or anything about bananas, or you can ask and believe the experts here.

Will take your comments in to strong consideration. :sumbrero: But until government officials confirm the identify of the plants as Musa Basjoo I can not be satisfied. Because if anyone knows about bananas it's the government. I'm trying to go bananas in a organized fashion and that requires official confirmation. :basketbalhooplnaner:

Markbananas
05-29-2016, 08:37 PM
:ropingnaner: I will post more pictures of the plants as they grow more foliage and post them here but government officials have said the only reliable way to identify banana species is by examining the inflorescence (bloom)

sputinc7
05-29-2016, 08:42 PM
Dude, I don't know what govt workers you are relying on, but unless they are planning on doing dna testing on your bananas, I would listen to Gabe. To be certain you receive what you order, on here is where you should buy plants. See my signature to see what I mean. I have bought several bananas from "reputable" suppliers, and most were wrong.
Gabe took one look at my avatar and told me it's not a Manzano(Which is what I ordered) but a Brazilian. To be honest, I wasn't sure I believed him, either, being new here but when ripe, I ate one... Brazilian is what they tasted like. I don't know where he learned to id bananas, but I think he's pretty good at it.
Maybe he is like me, once I watch a plant grow, I can tell them apart by even the most subtle of characteristics. That is why I find it frustrating when I get the wrong plants. I need to know what I have.

Markbananas
05-30-2016, 12:00 AM
Dude, I don't know what govt workers you are relying on, but unless they are planning on doing dna testing on your bananas, I would listen to Gabe. To be certain you receive what you order, on here is where you should buy plants. See my signature to see what I mean. I have bought several bananas from "reputable" suppliers, and most were wrong.
Gabe took one look at my avatar and told me it's not a Manzano(Which is what I ordered) but a Brazilian. To be honest, I wasn't sure I believed him, either, being new here but when ripe, I ate one... Brazilian is what they tasted like. I don't know where he learned to id bananas, but I think he's pretty good at it.
Maybe he is like me, once I watch a plant grow, I can tell them apart by even the most subtle of characteristics. That is why I find it frustrating when I get the wrong plants. I need to know what I have.

I will have to get permission before I post the name of the person I have been in contact with but I can say that he contacted banana experts around the country to see if it is possible to identify the variety from the specimens I provided. They were not.

"confirmed that the only reliable way to identify banana species is by examining the inflorescence (bloom). In terms of the musa basjoo foliage, there are some subtle differences in petioles, leaf color, etc. but those can be difficult to confirm. The foliage also tends to be a little lighter green than most other bananas, but so many variables (light exposure, nutrition, etc.) can impact the reliability of that measure.
The bloom of the musa basjoo is distinctive because it is one of just a handful of bananas that have yellow bracts. There is sometimes some purple stripping on the outside of the bracts but the underside is almost always a nice light yellow.
So, it sounds like you will have to wait for flowering before you can accurately identify what banana species you have purchased. This can take a year to occur." - undisclosed government official on bananas. Will post the name if I get permission to do so.

Now that being said I have got banana plants from 3 different sellers and they are growing leaves some that look different than others. When they get some new growth I will take pictures and post them. The left chair bananas look much different than the right chair bananas.

These are the chair bananas
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59824&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59824)

The chair bananas have some rot issues and lost lots the leaves that were in the original photos. Those photos were the day I go them. I removed the rot carefully by cutting it off the plant. They did not take the shipping experience very well. They do not look as good as in the pictures but hopefully they get better. I am thinking they need a shade from the sun some. The chair banana stem seems to have a somewhat of a oval type shape that may not the same as the right chair bananas. Will be observing this as time goes on to see if they are different or not. The right chair bananas have a different color redish hue the chair bananas do not at the base and this is visible in the photos. / Will be observing this. The pictures of the flower indicate the chair bananas may be from a Musa Basjoo assuming the image of the flower came from these bananas. I have yet to get the flower in that photo confirmed as Musa Basjoo and will post it if that is allowed for me to do- I will find out. Chair bananas was a Ebay purchase so who knows what I really have for sure with the Musa Basjoo Craze :goteam: but it is likely they are genuine.

and these are the left and right chair bananas from the original picture in the thread.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=59787&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59787&ppuser=23404)
The left chair bananas look much different than the chair and right chair bananas. So far not able to confirm or get any confirmation from the seller with
pictures of the flower that the right chair bananas are Musa Basjoo but working to get that. :2725: No conformation of the left chair bananas either. :2725: :2723:

The bananas are growing new leaves. When those leaves come all the way out then I will post new pictures and we can evaluate those. Like to have some full leaves that are not cut or damaged from shipping or damaged in any way. May take 2 weeks to get some good pictures. Some of them are growing better than others. Will have to wait and see.
:2738:

Gabe15
05-30-2016, 01:08 AM
That said, I am curious of how you became the resident banana expert here.. College or just lots of experience or just lurking here for over a decade?

Well, not trying to brag or anything, but I do consider myself an expert as I am a member of the Musa Taxonomic Advisory Group. We do a number of different things, including verifying ID correctness for the global Musa genebank held in Belgium and providing guidance to the global banana research community on matters having to do with taxonomy, classification and identification.

https://sites.google.com/a/cgxchange.org/musanet/about-musanet/taxonomic-advisorary-group

I got to the level I am at by reading endlessly about bananas for many years, working at banana research field collections, growing hundreds of different varieties, observing and documenting many thousands of banana plants of many hundreds of varieties in many different areas of the banana growing world, and studying with veteran professionals in the banana research community.

Will take your comments in to strong consideration. :sumbrero: But until government officials confirm the identify of the plants as Musa Basjoo I can not be satisfied. Because if anyone knows about bananas it's the government. I'm trying to go bananas in a organized fashion and that requires official confirmation. :basketbalhooplnaner:

I can still be wrong, and there is always more to learn, but I can confidently say you won't be finding any more accurate or revealing answers about this subject than I can provide. Internet through my computer is temporarily down,
I'm only able to use my phone, and so I'm not able to show any example photos of how to easily ID M. basjoo right now, but perhaps when that's back up and running I'll find some time to share some.

sputinc7
05-30-2016, 01:43 PM
(Darth Vader's voice) Impressive, most impressive.
Good to know. You guys wouldn't happen to have an archive with photos of both young and flowering musa complete with differentiating characteristics pointed out for each variety would you?

Gabe15
05-30-2016, 03:44 PM
It exists, but it's far from complete and very much a work in progress.
Musa Germplasm Information System | Explore Banana Diversity (http://www.crop-diversity.org/mgis/)

sputinc7
06-04-2016, 02:35 PM
Gabe, if you have time and can, any ideas on what this might be? I don't see many with the purple Pstem, so I am hoping you have a clue... Thanks.

http://www.bananas.org/f12/supposed-sweetheart-44482.html