BGreen

Hey everyone,

I bought these from an online company that I don't want to mention at this time, because I haven't talked to them about it yet.I recieved these having ordered Musa basjoo. My other basjoo don't have any of the red markings on the leaves like these. I was just wondering did I get sent the wrong thing, or do some basjoo have the red in the leaves?




Thanks for the help,
Ben

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BGreen

STEELVIPER

Im no pro, but they do not look like basjoo. They look like one of the dwarf bananas. i could be wrong.

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Gabe15

They are not Musa basjoo. Definetly an edible type, perhaps some type of Cavendish.

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Java16

I agree, The pictures on the right, especially, look like a dwarf cavendish because of their redish colored pseudostem and tightly compacted leaves. Both pictures on the left side might be something else. Sometimes different types of banana plants can have red markings on the leaves when they are very young, it usually wears off as the plant matures.

Zac in NC

Another vote on not a basjoo. That pseudostem is glaucous with a wax, which basjoo doesn't have. <- its was an interesting smiley.

Zac

BGreen

Thanks everyone,

As you can tell I know very little about bananas, except that I like the look they add to my yard. Is there a good book, website, ect that will help me to ID bananas?

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mrbungalow

Yup, NOT basjoos.

It's funny you should mention books. Almost all books that contain info. about bananas I have read, has had wrong information of some kind. There is a book called "Banana you can grow", wich I have not read myself, but I have heard from some people on another board that there are a few misunderstandings in that book too.
In the book "Palms won't grow here, and other myths" the author provides good information on musa basjoo, rajapuri, orinoco and sikkimensis (as well as palms and other tropical looking plants). But he seems to have mixed up "Musa paradisiaca-Mysore(?)" with "Ensete ventricosum".

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mrbungalow

BTW, here are some good sources for banana info:

www.inibap.org
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~drc/
http://www.webebananas.com/
http://www.banana.com/index.html

Erlend

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BGreen

Thanks Erlend,

David Francko's book has helped me out. I also like the book by Roth and Schrader "Hot Plants for Cool Climates". Between those two books, I think they have me digging up half my yard for winter, lol.
And thanks for the links... going to look at them now.

Take care,
Ben

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BGreen

nucci60

zac in n.c., I too have basjoos from ebay. Three have bright green pseudostems, but one has a " silvery whitish pseudostem. It hastaken temps of 36f. in the ground with no damage. Am I going to end up trying to protect a tropical banana this winter? I can't post pictures or i would. not basjoo?

Zac in NC

Nucci60- All of the basjoo I have ever seen have been green stemmed and never waxy. Gabe may know more since he is more of an expert on Musa than I am right now. Basjoo also has wings on the petiole, which is very distinctive.

Zac

nucci60

thanks Zac, I am going to protect just the roots this winter on the silvery one, and see what happens next spring. basjoos aren't expensive so I will replace this one if it meets it's maker. zone 6 will test it. the other two fit your description.