griphuz
12-10-2008, 09:23 AM
Just wanted to post a picture of the Musa species I dug out a few weeks ago.
I'll overwinter them in an unheated greenhouse, minimum of 5 deg C.
Some of them should be cold hardy but I wanted to play safe one more year.
Funny thing I noticed digging out the Musa itinerans 'India Form' is that it producec shoots downwards, almost like bamboo! I found out while digging, so most of them got damaged, and overwintering it like this in a pot won't do the pups any good either I guess...:2141:
Furthermore the nagensium and cheesmanni could actually be the same if you ask me, and the itinerans might just be a yunnanensis...I'll have to figure that out next spring,...taking more detailed pictures,...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=14768&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14768)
Kind regards,
Remko.
I'll overwinter them in an unheated greenhouse, minimum of 5 deg C.
Some of them should be cold hardy but I wanted to play safe one more year.
Funny thing I noticed digging out the Musa itinerans 'India Form' is that it producec shoots downwards, almost like bamboo! I found out while digging, so most of them got damaged, and overwintering it like this in a pot won't do the pups any good either I guess...:2141:
Furthermore the nagensium and cheesmanni could actually be the same if you ask me, and the itinerans might just be a yunnanensis...I'll have to figure that out next spring,...taking more detailed pictures,...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=14768&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14768)
Kind regards,
Remko.