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Musa
09-06-2009, 03:21 PM
hi there..

..is this Musa basjoo red or Musa sp 'rubra ' .. or is it the same .. ???

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22429&ppuser=5692><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=22429&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22428&ppuser=5692><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=22428&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22427&ppuser=5692><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=22427&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22426&ppuser=5692><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=22426&size=1 border=0></a>

... please help me...
thanks, Michael.

Jack Daw
09-06-2009, 04:28 PM
We had a discussion about Musa basjoo 'Red' earlier somewhere ( http://www.bananas.org/f348/europe-trade-8072-11.html#post94226 ) and we agreed that it's most probably a Musa 'Dwarf Red' or Musa 'Red'. This will probably stay that until we really prove its hardiness to be comparable with basjoo.

As for your plant, it doesn't look like my basjoo red, so I would go with Musa rubra in your case.

Blake09
09-06-2009, 04:31 PM
sure looks cool! ;)

Musa
09-07-2009, 06:38 AM
thanks first Jack,
... i think it`s also a little small, time they await how looks if it more largely.

Jack Daw
09-25-2009, 10:07 AM
My Musa basjoo red has been growing wildly in these colder days and nights, whereas Cavendishes are very slow, sometimes doing nothing. Is it possible, that basjoo red is not red?

Musa
09-28-2009, 08:50 AM
... yes, .. in these colder days and nights she grows very well, in the night we had here 5-6 Celsius, but the basjoo lost the red color...

Jack Daw
09-28-2009, 02:25 PM
... yes, .. in these colder days and nights she grows very well, in the night we had here 5-6 Celsius, but the basjoo lost the red color...
We went down to 10°C and it didn't even stop. Cavendishes are standing still. I think I will put them inside soon. So that they are prepared and awaken before to tropical and dry weather comes to my living room.