RobG7aChattTN
05-24-2009, 05:10 PM
Here are some photos taken just minutes ago of my Musa 'Balboa':http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17662&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17662&limit=recent)
There is an old thread of this Musa, but I wanted to start a new one since the old one was mostly trying to figure out what this one is. I belive the consensus was that it is some unknown sikkimensis hybrid. Here is the emerging leaf:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17661&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17661&limit=recent)
It has a nice maroon back and midrib. On smaller plants it also has some maroon variegation:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17660&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17660&limit=recent)
And the pseudostem has a little maroon with a nice powdery white blush:http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17658&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17658&limit=recent)
This is after two winters in the ground and so far the largest pseudostem dies back and the corm recovers from a pup (except a pup that was seperated did recover from last years pup). The parent plant (in San Diego) is well over 22' tall and produces a fruit that is almost all seed.
There is an old thread of this Musa, but I wanted to start a new one since the old one was mostly trying to figure out what this one is. I belive the consensus was that it is some unknown sikkimensis hybrid. Here is the emerging leaf:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17661&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17661&limit=recent)
It has a nice maroon back and midrib. On smaller plants it also has some maroon variegation:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17660&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17660&limit=recent)
And the pseudostem has a little maroon with a nice powdery white blush:http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17658&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17658&limit=recent)
This is after two winters in the ground and so far the largest pseudostem dies back and the corm recovers from a pup (except a pup that was seperated did recover from last years pup). The parent plant (in San Diego) is well over 22' tall and produces a fruit that is almost all seed.