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tony palmer
07-15-2008, 04:45 AM
I have done a thread about this on Hardy Tropicals UK, I thought it may interest one or two of you, here is the link. Hardy Tropicals - View topic - Sakhalin Basjoo and normal Basjoo flower (http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2079)

Raules
07-15-2008, 05:53 AM
Thanks Tony. Has looked a theme. Good photos.

Bananaman88
07-15-2008, 03:24 PM
Interesting photos. Even the one labeled as normal basjoo isn't as yellow as most I have seen.

Tropicallvr
07-15-2008, 04:23 PM
I have noticed that regular basjoo flower colors differ quite a bit between the commonly available regular basjoo clone. I have seen some regular basjoo flowers that look really similar to your sakkilin, maybe light exposure plays a part.

natedogg1026
07-15-2008, 10:40 PM
What I've always seen is the yellow flower. Does that mean mine is Sakhalin?

Raules
07-16-2008, 12:52 AM
Nate show a photo of all plant completely. At Sakhalin Basjoo, leaves should be wider, than at usual. And they differ under the form.

tony palmer
07-16-2008, 01:24 AM
Thanks guys,
here is a pic. of my dads Sakhalin basjoo before it flowered.

SteveW
07-16-2008, 09:21 AM
Hi Tony
I was thinking the other day that could the variations in flower colour be down to pH levels in the soil?

bigdog
07-16-2008, 10:25 AM
There could be any number of reasons for the normal basjoo flower to be more red in appearance, and pH could certainly play a role, but I don't know that for a fact. Light, temperature, pH, who knows what else. It could even be a "sport," or a spontaneous mutation. While most Musa basjoo available is the same clone, and hence theoretically all are genetically identical, plants have the capability to mutate on their own.

tony palmer
07-16-2008, 11:50 AM
Steve, I think Frank may have something there, its most likely that the two basjoo flowers I posted are genetic mutations, that is one of them are, they are both planted not very far from each other, about 8ft so, I would guess the ph is the same. Hear is a pic of both of them and you can see that there not very far away from each other my dads is directly in front and his neighbours is to the right just over the fence, sorry the pic. Isn’t very good.


Tony

Tropicallvr
07-16-2008, 04:24 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8168&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8168&ppuser=35)

Triple blooms, one mat. Didn't get a close up but they were very brown with streaks at a different stage of flowering.