Bananas.org - Balbisiana Gigantea

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Bananas.org (http://www.bananas.org/)

- Banana Identification (http://www.bananas.org/f12/)

- - Balbisiana Gigantea (http://www.bananas.org/f12/balbisiana-gigantea-3097.html)

shopgirl2

12-24-2007 08:08 AM

Re: Balbisiana Gigantea

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Originally Posted by tropicalkid (Post 24748)

Hi shopgirl:
hablas espanol?
I'm from Puerto Rico, and lived in the Dominican Repulbic for a few years.
Still wanting to hear if someone has tried this new alternative of buying M. ingens seeds directly from PNG in that site posted above.

Thanks,
Carlos(tropicalkid in NC)

Si, hablo el Espanol, y tu?

Where in N.C. do you reside? If Raliegh and/or Charlotte, it gets quite chilly over there. How are you doing raising bananas in those areas?

shopgirl2

12-24-2007 08:10 AM

Re: Balbisiana Gigantea

There is this seller on E-Bay and he does have a variety of banana seeds for sale. I find that $3+ for 6 seeds is too much.
What do you guys think of the price?

southlatropical

12-24-2007 03:37 PM

Re: Balbisiana Gigantea

Way too much. A few people here including myself are growing these from seed. There will be seedlings available for trade in March.

tnerual

12-28-2007 03:50 PM

Re: Balbisiana Gigantea

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Originally Posted by tropicalkid (Post 24748)

I tried in june 2006 emailing Mr Yuimb from PNG Eco-Adventure Tours. The price was 300 seeds/$100 by bank transfer (no paypal in png). Unfortunatelly I never got the seeds . PNG mail problem in Mt hagen ? custom problem ? I never knew. I'm still very disappointed but ready to try again if someone tells he succeeded !!!
happy new year.

Laurent
Carqueiranne/France

Tropicallvr

12-28-2007 07:15 PM

Re: Balbisiana Gigantea

Christian Port may have some M. ingens seeds to sell or swap, he usally does(but mostly sells now I think).
http://uk.geocities.com/bananaswap/

shopgirl2

12-30-2007 09:17 AM

Re: Balbisiana Gigantea-Overseas trading

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Originally Posted by tnerual (Post 25519)

I had a nightmare dealing with Hong Kong. they said they could not honor the bank's check. They said check had expired (10 days?). the seller kept the check and the item. I complained to E-Bay to no avail. No more overseas for me, other than maybe UK.

Beware, all!

51st state

12-30-2007 12:05 PM

Re: Balbisiana Gigantea

Hey, hang on just a minute, we're normally fairly trustworthy over here in the UK... Ebay worldwide can be a problem (try buying Arucaria seeds from Argentina and you'll find out) and definitely anything outside of paypal is really asking for trouble.
I also e mailed the guy in PNG and got no-where (probably saved myself some money there). I ended up getting some seeds from Christian Port who was excellent to deal with.

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