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coast crab
10-09-2009, 07:09 PM
When I received this plant from Hirt's Garden (ebay) I noticed that it had patches of streaky yellow in the leaves. I figured that it would grow out of it, but here we are at the end of summer and 9 ft+ plant and the streaks are still there.
Does anyone with Thai balck see this? And, no, it is not a fertilizer/mineral deficniency issue.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24716&ppuser=5745><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24716&size=1 border=0></a>
Russell
pitangadiego
10-09-2009, 09:49 PM
Mona Lisa does that, also, and it always looked like nutrient deficiency, but it wasn't.
novisyatria
10-09-2009, 09:56 PM
i think its include variegation but not dominant. if we Tc it there is chance that its babe will more dominat so the variegation more strong than its mother explant
1aday
10-09-2009, 10:01 PM
Interesting! My Thai Blacks all have plain green leaves. But, yesterday I was looking at my variegated Thai plant and the pseudostem looked a lot like the Thai Black and I wondered if they were related.
Sorry, I don't remember the name of the Thai variegated, came from ebay and was M... gluck kai??? It's definitely not an Ae Ae type of variegation.
sunfish
10-09-2009, 10:26 PM
Mona Lisa does that, also, and it always looked like nutrient deficiency, but it wasn't.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24741&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24741&ppuser=2868)MONA LISA
1aday
10-09-2009, 10:48 PM
Wow, does it always look like that? That looks deficient for sure!
sunfish
10-10-2009, 03:19 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24741&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24741&ppuser=2868)MONA LISA
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24766&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24766&ppuser=2868)
Another one of my Mona Lisa in a different container
coast crab
10-11-2009, 02:54 PM
Thanks guys.
It does look like that mona lisa variegation. Interesting, but not what you'd call pretty. My plant has 2 pups now, and I don't see it with them - yet.
pitangadiego
10-11-2009, 06:04 PM
This was an older leaf on Mona Lisa, but the left sde is pretty typical.http://webebananas.com/bpix/BP946-18.jpg
Gabe15
10-11-2009, 07:46 PM
The variegated 'Thai Black' looks like a TC sport type of variegation. Its rare to find one, but a rather common mutation overall.
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