variegated banana seeds

tony palmer · 01-23-2006, 10:57 AM

I have a question, can two different clones of variegated basjoo cross pollenate and produce seeds that germinate into variegated plants, the reason i ask is because i believe "fuji-yama variegata" is a different clone to my plant, i think my plant is cloned from basjoo sakhalin it is a stockier plant than normal basjoo, and has thicker leaves and petiole wings, if the variegation is caused by a virus, would the virus then be present in the seeds, i have tried propergating normal basjoo seeds before, but because they were from the same cloned material they were not fertile, i would be gratfull for any advice , all the best, Tony.

bigdog · 01-23-2006, 11:08 AM

I think that it is possible, but not all seedlings would be variegated. There is a good chance that a percentage of them would come up variegated. Do you have any pictures of your variegated basjoo to share with the board

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tony palmer · 01-23-2006, 12:10 PM

thanks for your reply big dog , the pictures i have were taken at home, they are quite crap, waiting until summer to send better pictures, all the best , Tony

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tony palmer Junior Member tony palmer's Photo Gallery Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 110 BananaBucks : 2,158 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 10 Thanked 41 Times in 24 Posts Welcomes: 0	variegated banana seeds I have a question, can two different clones of variegated basjoo cross pollenate and produce seeds that germinate into variegated plants, the reason i ask is because i believe "fuji-yama variegata" is a different clone to my plant, i think my plant is cloned from basjoo sakhalin it is a stockier plant than normal basjoo, and has thicker leaves and petiole wings, if the variegation is caused by a virus, would the virus then be present in the seeds, i have tried propergating normal basjoo seeds before, but because they were from the same cloned material they were not fertile, i would be gratfull for any advice , all the best, Tony.

01-23-2006, 11:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
bigdog Title-less bigdog's Photo Gallery Location: Knoxville, TN Find me on the map! Zone: 7a Name: Frank Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,447 BananaBucks : 13,791 Feedback: 5 / 100% Thanks: 74 Thanked 355 Times in 145 Posts Welcomes: 81	Re: variegated banana seeds I think that it is possible, but not all seedlings would be variegated. There is a good chance that a percentage of them would come up variegated. Do you have any pictures of your variegated basjoo to share with the board ?

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tony palmer Junior Member tony palmer's Photo Gallery Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 110 BananaBucks : 2,158 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 10 Thanked 41 Times in 24 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: variegated banana seeds thanks for your reply big dog , the pictures i have were taken at home, they are quite crap, waiting until summer to send better pictures, all the best , Tony

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