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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-31-2015, 06:09 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,102
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: A new travel story book

Now the book can be ordered through Lulu at:

Markku Häkkinen Commemorative Collection by Markku Häkkinen (Paperback) - Lulu...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 10-27-2014, 10:36 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,102
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
A new travel story book

A new my travel story book has been published at: Self Publishing, Book Printing and Publishing Online - Lulu...
Forum: Banana Identification 08-04-2014, 04:13 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,806
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Musa cheesmani or Musa nagensium

Yes, Musa nagensium is very waxy.
Markku.
Forum: Banana Plants Wanted 07-27-2014, 08:23 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,853
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Wanted: Wild banana species. pups/corms

Most of the requested taxa are very rare and are not available on market.
Forum: Banana Plants Wanted 07-27-2014, 08:19 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,874
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: bananas seeds

Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis is a different taxon than Mekong Giant which is an invalid name.
Forum: Banana Identification 07-27-2014, 08:10 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,806
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Musa cheesmani or Musa nagensium

Musa nagensium
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 09-30-2013, 04:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,137
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Musa basjoo flowers in Brazil!

In our botanic garden all Musa hybridizations have been done in controlled conditions in our greenhouses so we definitely know what are the parent plants.
Markku
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 09-28-2013, 03:39 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,137
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Musa basjoo flowers in Brazil!

Actually it is not Musa paracoccinea but it is Musa haekkinenii at:

Musa haekkinenii | Promusa - Mobilizing banana science for sustainable livelihoods...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 09-27-2013, 09:33 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,137
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Musa basjoo flowers in Brazil!

Hi Joachim,

Can you find Musa paracoccinea from Brazil at:
Muda De Musa Paracoccinea - R$ 160,00 no MercadoLivre (http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-504684073-muda-de-musa-paracoccinea-_JM)

Is...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 09-27-2013, 03:56 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,916
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Laterita Germination Techniques, anyone?

Musa laterita has female basal flowers. It is easy to cross with Musa acuminata in both ways. I used to made those crossings some ten years ago.

Markku.
Forum: Species Bananas 08-07-2013, 06:52 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,854
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Musa markkui

Hi,
Musa markkui just released on line at: SBG - Publications (Gardens' Bulletin) (http://www.sbg.org.sg/research/publicationbulletin.asp?sRange=2010-2013&sYear=2013) 2013 – Vol. 65(1): 19-26.
Markku
Forum: Species Bananas 07-29-2013, 05:47 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,115
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
A new species

Musa markkui (Musaceae), a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India. R. Gogoi and S. Borah.

Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 65(1): 19–26. 2013. Publ. June 30.

ABSTRACT. Musa markkui R.Gogoi &...
Forum: Species Bananas 07-25-2013, 03:15 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,677
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
A new Musa species

Gogoi, R., & Häkkinen, M. 2013. Musa puspanjaliae (Musaceae), a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Nordic J. Bot. Publ. online. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00182.x
Markku.
Forum: Species Bananas 06-20-2013, 02:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,199
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: What is Musa Hirta?

Musa hirta is not edible. Full of seeds and flesh not so tasty. I have studied it in Central Sarawak and Kalimantan in Borneo.
Markku
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 06-17-2013, 01:55 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,600
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Musa siamensis x laterita seeds

Hi,
I have crossed Musa siamensis x Musa rosea and got viable seeds.
Markku.
Forum: Species Bananas 05-03-2013, 03:23 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,116
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
New taxon

Please find a new taxon from India at:
New wild banana species found - The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/new-wild-banana-species-found/article4641722.ece)
Markku.
Forum: Species Bananas 04-01-2013, 03:40 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,218
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: New Musa species from Vietnam

Hi,
During the 5-weeks mission one can't search the every corner of the country as Vietnam is huge country. However, we travelled from the very north (China border) to very south (Cambodia border)....
Forum: Species Bananas 03-02-2013, 03:52 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,218
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: New Musa species from Vietnam

Hello,
The story of our 5-weeks collection mission in 2008 has been published on Carifornia Rare Fruit magazine: Fruit Gardener Fruit 42(5): Inside front cover, 2, 25-29, back cover.
Markku.
Forum: Species Bananas 03-01-2013, 06:25 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,218
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
New Musa species from Vietnam

Hello,
Please note on of my new discoveries from North Vietnam at:
Promusa - Mobilizing banana science for sustainable livelihoods | Musa haekkinenii...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 07-01-2012, 03:07 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,431
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: New fresh banana seeds from Brazil

Hi Joachim,
The photo in the seed list of M.beccarii is wrong. It is M.ornata hybrid which is rather common. The true M.beccarii you can see in my avatar.
Markku.
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 06-29-2012, 10:36 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,700
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannensis!!!

Hi,
It is not so easy to find var. xishuangbanna materials unles one is going to Xishuangbanna Yunnan. Secondly they grow in far distances in the nature reserve forests.
Markku.
Forum: Banana Identification 02-08-2012, 03:35 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,764
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: musa aurantiaca ???

All the TianZi's cultivated M.rubinea plants were origin from one plant collected from Central Yunnan. When I visited at TianZi in 2005, 2006 and 2007 they were cultivating this M.rubinea in the...
Forum: Banana Identification 02-08-2012, 03:25 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,926
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: This is not M. rubinea... ¡¡¡

There is the type of M.ochracea with the photos at Kew. The wax is not a key for analysing the species. Many species are either waxles or waxy depending o growing area and elevation.
Forum: Species Bananas 02-03-2012, 02:51 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 8,778
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Musa balbisiana "Thai Black" and Musa "Black Thai"

So-called Thai Black (M.balbisiana variety) is native to Indonesia. It has grown there for a long time. I had good possibilitie to study it in my recent trip to Indonesia.
Markku.
Forum: Species Bananas 02-03-2012, 02:48 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 15,368
Posted By Markku Hakkinen
Re: Musa zaifui sp. nov.

I really don't know if someone has received the seeds of M.zaifuii from XTBG. The plants there are in a specific nursery outside the botanical garden's Musa collection. It stature looks a bit...
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