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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-21-2021, 05:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,483
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Taiwan banana trip

"Bigger platforms"?

Are you trying to plug a different site? Bananas.org is most certainly the biggest banana related platform.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-13-2019, 10:50 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,483
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Taiwan banana trip

Hi, yes! been collecting these seeds most years since the late 1990s. I am the origin of these seeds in cultivation.

If anyone is considering joining me on this expedition and who would like to...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-11-2019, 11:11 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,483
Posted By PhilMarkey
Taiwan banana trip

Hi Guys!
I know I've mentioned this before, but thought I'd just mention that there are still a couple of places left in case anyone is considering it.

Here is the link again:...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 09-11-2018, 09:52 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,699
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Visiting Taiwan to see all the wild bananas

Welcome to Bananas Bydia

As bananas grow longer they often become more curved. But they're curved due to the way they form in the bunch.

The Taiwan wild bananas are quite short fat...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 08-29-2018, 08:02 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,699
Posted By PhilMarkey
Visiting Taiwan to see all the wild bananas

Hi Guys,
I've been visiting Taiwan for 23 years, and I obviously speak Chinese. I know all the wild bananas very well.
I just thought I might mention that I have two upcoming tours to Taiwan in 2019...
Forum: Species Bananas 12-12-2015, 04:48 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,045
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis

Yes got a couple, can send if you make a note when ordering.

Best
Phil
Forum: Species Bananas 09-16-2015, 05:13 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,045
Posted By PhilMarkey
Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis

Hi Guys,
I've collected Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis (http://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Musa+itinerans+var.+kavalanensis) again. Apologies for the poor results from the last time I...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-20-2015, 04:51 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,641
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Expedition through Burma/Myanmar and China from Thailand to be in 2016

Thanks Olaf,
There can be no-doubt those are M. velutina. There is another form of M. velutina in Burma, which is very tall, talk to Markku Häkkinen about it, but your plant is not that one.

Thanks...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-19-2015, 02:42 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,641
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Expedition through Burma/Myanmar and China from Thailand to be in 2016

Hi Olaf,
I wasn't necessarily going to do anything with them other than photograph and study them in situ. But I'm sure you know I've been in this business for over 20 years, I am well aware of...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 05-18-2015, 10:48 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,641
Posted By PhilMarkey
Expedition through Burma/Myanmar and China from Thailand to be in 2016

Hi Guys,

I'm just testing the water to see what interest there is in people wanting to join an expedition I'm planning through Burma/Myanmar and China from Thailand during the 2016 summertime...
Forum: Species Bananas 04-18-2015, 04:29 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 17,270
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Can We Clear up Musa itinerans...PLEASE?

Hi Guys!
I know this thread is very old now, but as it seems to be more about Musa yunnanensis despite the thread title, I'll post this here.

The point I want to make here is that, most of us define...
Forum: Species Bananas 10-08-2014, 10:07 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 16,978
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa Formosana = Musa Basjoo?

This is interesting Erlend! Thank you!

However those larger plants could be Musa itinerans var. formosana, but I think not. Rather more like M. basjoo for me. Besides, the smaller picture to the...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-17-2014, 08:00 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,646
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis seeds now available at Trebrown.com

Answer = 9

Thank you Frank, and goodnight.

Phil
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-17-2014, 07:27 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,646
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis seeds now available at Trebrown.com

Hi Frank,
Let me say that with regards to taxonomy, I'm more of a splitter than a lumper. That is – if a very similar species is from a totally different provenance, I would prefer to give it a...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-17-2014, 05:45 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,646
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis seeds now available at Trebrown.com

Hi Frank, everyone,
Overnight I've thought of a few more things I need to say...

It's natural to assume that species radiate out from the larger, main landmasses to the smaller islands. After-all...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-16-2014, 06:26 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,646
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis seeds now available at Trebrown.com

Frank "had to have been" is my conclusion. I'll list my reasons, and perhaps you could share your own conclusions?


Habit - Musa itinerans var. formosana and Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis both...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-16-2014, 09:26 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,646
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis seeds now available at Trebrown.com

Hi Frank,
Yes! Collected seeds only once, in 2009. Never sold them, nor distributed them in any way. Well, Christian Port from Liverpool had half the seeds, as he wanted to go there, I took him with...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-08-2013, 08:51 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,646
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis seeds now available at Trebrown.com

Good question Yuri

As far as I know there is only one old lady who still knows how to do it, and she is teaching youngsters from the local schools what she knows, which is all good. But I think she...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-08-2013, 05:23 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,646
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis seeds now available at Trebrown.com

I think the better pictures are in my article: Trebrown Nurseries Blog » Discussing banana plants (http://www.trebrown.com/articles/blog/category/discussing_banana_plants/)
But I searched my files...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-06-2013, 07:46 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,646
Posted By PhilMarkey
Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis seeds now available at Trebrown.com

Hi Guys,
Sorry I've not had much time to stop by the forum lately.

Just thought I’d let you know that I’m releasing fresh seed of Musa itinerans var. kavalanensis...
Forum: Species Bananas 05-31-2009, 01:53 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,956
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa basjoo 'Formosiana'(from Tawain)

Hi Kyle,
I do not currently have any Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis (http://www.trebrown.com/articles/blog/?p=99) seeds (Last picture). But I will have these again at the end of August. The seeds...
Forum: Species Bananas 05-11-2009, 03:21 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,206
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis

Sorry Frank, I hadn't realized that I had made the link point to the article abstract. I've now changed it to point to the complete pdf article on-line:...
Forum: Species Bananas 05-10-2009, 08:37 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,206
Posted By PhilMarkey
Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis

I hope you find this story interesting.

Trebrown Nurseries Blog Blog Archive Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis (http://www.trebrown.com/articles/blog/?p=99)

Regards,
Phil
Forum: Species Bananas 05-08-2009, 01:01 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,956
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa basjoo 'Formosiana'(from Tawain)

I've just been reading the report you posted Frank


I know the Taiwan Agricultural Research Station in Kenting very well. There are a lot of these bananas around there. The pictures in the report...
Forum: Species Bananas 05-08-2009, 11:29 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,956
Posted By PhilMarkey
Re: Musa basjoo 'Formosiana'(from Tawain)

Correct me if I'm wrong Frank. I understand "Stoloniferous" to mean propagative shoots near the parent plant producing cormels and bearing stolons. From what I understand Musa itinerans has remote...
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