bananalover

It sure would be nice to have the seller join the board. Then we would know where the plant was gotten from etc. I wonder if she has a larger one than the picture on the auction and can show us a picture. That would be nice. So far mine is doing nicely in the greenhouse and has a new leaf spike coming along nicely. The best thing about these is going to be seeing that next leaf unfurl and see how it looks.

JoeReal

I think as we have all suspected is that they all got these Namwah Pearls from Agri-Starts.

Casa Del Gatos

OMG! Did you folks see what Asiatica wants for the Sweet Cream?
Sweet Cream at Asiatica

Makes the Ae-Ae look pretty much like a bargain!

Casa Del Gatos

Brigitta told me they grow the Pearls there in Ocala, Florida. The question is, "did they start out as liners from Agri-Starts?"

Southern-Grower

most likely..

as agri starts were the ones i contacted July 14, 2004 about this plant..
here's my answer, "I do not know when These will be ready, But I will start a back order list for you."

i also remember gabe saying something about contacting them last year too..

shazaam, on the market..!

i know, you snooze you lose !!

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MediaHound

yup, she is really cleaning house with these

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You think that's bad?
They used to have the Sweet Thai Treasure for $500

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tropicalkid

I hope you bring some more rare banana seeds too
I'm looking for Musa jackeyi ones by the way.
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Casa Del Gatos

Anybody going to the Phillipines? I am really hot to get some Senorita!

TimChapman

I'm hoping for some Senorita myself. Sounds like a good candidate for being a producer in zone 8... even if not, it should be much easier to handle over winter at least.

Hoping to get in some interesting seeds sooner or later... not the biggest priority at the moment, but its on an evergrowing todo list.

The variegated musa that asiatica has/had can be bought for much "less" overseas, but the cost of them there is still higher than ae-ae. Some are still hard to get, and you have to wait for them.

I'm hoping with all of these new ones there is one outstanding, easy to grow variety that is pretty stable.

Tim Chapman

tropicalkid

Got mine today.Looks excellent and very carefully packed.Will post pictures probably in the weekend, been very busy at work.
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momoese

Mine arrived today and it looks great. The seller did an awesome job with the packing. I won't bother posting a picture because it looks like the others posted allready. No real varigation, just some creamy looking leaves.

dragr13

So clearly it's been a long time since this thread was last posted to, but i was just curious to see how everyone's pearls were doing? and if they really look anything at all like ae ae? pictures? lol. thanks!

momoese

There has been a few other threads about these. The seller sold them again the following season, some customers were happy, some not. Mine died after some abuse in it's second year. You can pics of it in my gallery. They look nothing like AE AE though.

dragr13

huh. that's a pity. sorry to hear about yours, anyway!

varig8

I have'nt seen any other TC Nam Wah 'Pearl' bought from Agristarts, or any other Ebay seller, end up looking like the photograph on the agristarts site. They are all just light yellow/green colored without any darker variegation. I think the variegated type shown in the Agristarts photo would be called a 'reverse variegate', as the main coloration is white and the small amount of 'variegated' portion is normal green. I don't think agristarts has them in production anymore-( I called a few months ago and thats what a sales associate told me). They seem to be weak clones of an unstable variegate. Same thing happens when you try to TC any somatic variegate. You get any number of potential combinations from the unstable parent's meristem that is being cloned. Personally I bought a few Pearl liners when they were first available and they have since all died except one little plant 2 yrs old and still 2" tall! I did get a 'Pearl' (if thats what you want to call it) as a sucker from Thailand. It is similar to a dwarf Cavendish in height and having the wider shorter leaves produced in a tight whorl. Different from the other variegated Nam Wah; taller with longer leaves and petioles, and having the sectored type variegation of AeAe. I also have the dwarf Nam Wah variegated sectored white and also in cream/yellow. I believe these are all the same 'plant'. They are just unstable variegates and I think they can throw sports of any amt/and type of variegated patterns in their suckers. And, they WILL send all green normal suckers as well. These Nam Wah seem to be chimeras and not genetic variegates. Not stable at all. I would assume that if you want one with a certain variegation pattern you should get hold of a corm from a mother plant that exhibits at least 50/50 ratio of that type variegation pattern. The first 2 suckers I got from my dwarf albo sectored Nam Wah were completely green.......what a dissapointment THAT was! I have photos of all these types in my gallery if you want to take a look at the different variegation patterns on each. Id be very very interested to see any older and updated photos of the members 'Pearls', (or information), so PLEASE, Im hoping you will post them! Happy growing with your 'green and white' thumbs!

MediaHound

Very nice gallery, varig8!

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momoese

You have some awesome looking plants! Search the gallery and you'll find 12 pictures of members dwarf namwah pearls including mine that died.

MediaHound

Just did the slideshow of all your photos, varig8.
WOW that's an amazing collection you have amassed.

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eggo

Varig. Very very nice gallery. Glad to see you made it here!