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novisyatria 01-23-2010 01:37 AM

Musa Ornata
 
I got 2 species banana today. musa ornata laterita
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/a...721Musasp1.jpg
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/a...723musasp1.jpg
and musa ornata royal blue
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/a...688musasp2.jpg
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/a...687musasp2.jpg

am right do ID this bananas?

thanks

novisyatria 01-23-2010 01:38 AM

Re: Musa Ornata
 
i mean royal purple. sorry

Gabe15 01-23-2010 01:50 AM

Re: Musa Ornata
 
The name Musa ornata and supposed cultivars under it are always confused in the trade. The truth is there is only one M. ornata, everything else called M. ornata is either a hybrid of usually unknown origin or a different pure species.

In your case the first one is likely M. laterita, though it also somewhat looks like M. rubra, the way to tell M. laterita and M. rubra apart easily is that the bracts on M. rubra stay on when dry, from you photo we cannot know if the bracts were pulled off or if they fell off naturally. The clue I have as to why it may be M. rubra is that the bud is a wider in M. rubra like in your photo, M. laterita tends to be more slender.

The second plant is M. ornata. There is a hybrid called 'Royal Purple' but it is not the plant you have. 'Royal Purple' has dark purple bracts, purple fruit, a purple peduncle and purple rachis.

novisyatria 01-23-2010 01:56 AM

Re: Musa Ornata
 
thanks Gabe. so i have musa laterita and musa ornata now. i am happy. thanks for the information. you are great!


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