coast crab
07-22-2009, 09:44 AM
Last year I bought seed of (supposedly) itenerans var gigantea from ebay seller "georgiavines". Two came up and one lived. Since I didn't have much faith in it I purchased a larger seedling from ebay seller "starchaser-2007" this spring. I have no idea what the seed source was for either. Hopefully this background info will help determine what I have. Incidentally, the two appear to be the same, and they are planted together. The one I grew from seed is samll and to the back to the seedling I bought in my gallery pictures.
First, I thought itenerans was the "Yunnan banana" until I saw yunnanensis on wiki. I see that they are different creatures. Now penJ has posted pictures of his yunnanensis that look a lot like my plant. Even though we're not supposed to, I think I've attached a picture showing the reddish tint to the back of a new leaf that to me looks like penJ's. Bigdog has posted pictures of his intenerans var intenerans that don't look anything like my "itenerans", but the picture of itenerans var gigantea in wiki does look like my tree - I think. The pstem and petioles are white and chalky if that helps any.
I have more pictures of it in my gallery too. Can anyone shed any light on this for me before I loose what's left of my mind?
Russell
First, I thought itenerans was the "Yunnan banana" until I saw yunnanensis on wiki. I see that they are different creatures. Now penJ has posted pictures of his yunnanensis that look a lot like my plant. Even though we're not supposed to, I think I've attached a picture showing the reddish tint to the back of a new leaf that to me looks like penJ's. Bigdog has posted pictures of his intenerans var intenerans that don't look anything like my "itenerans", but the picture of itenerans var gigantea in wiki does look like my tree - I think. The pstem and petioles are white and chalky if that helps any.
I have more pictures of it in my gallery too. Can anyone shed any light on this for me before I loose what's left of my mind?
Russell