Forum: Species Bananas
10-26-2014, 02:46 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-15-2014, 10:45 AM
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My sicilian updates thread!
After 3 years on bananas.org i post here my uptades, and i will write here my next uptades from my land!
I started in 2010 with a few little plant of Comune di sicilia (maybe Orinoco).
Now i have...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-11-2014, 07:03 PM
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Re: Musa Mysore
The photo angle makes the inflorescence appear gigantic in girth.
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-03-2014, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 7
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Musa Mysore
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/keithpr1/Mysore/MysorePreFlagfeb3_zps550bc0bf.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/keithpr1/media/Mysore/MysorePreFlagfeb3_zps550bc0bf.jpg.html)
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-02-2014, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 38
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Re: Cold damage Jan 2014
Whoa. If i got plant like that i would be very worried. But then again, i would get plant like that just in the first days of november, before 3 cold months, not at the beginning of spring in...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-29-2014, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 38
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Re: Cold damage Jan 2014
I am as south as it gets..here are the first signs of that same cold front from a week ago
i think this is a monzano or burro.
http://i.imgur.com/nXkMgpV.jpg
this was the first banana I ever...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
01-29-2014, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 38
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Cold damage Jan 2014
This damage is the result of the one nite that frost formed on the car windows. You need to wait a few weeks to see the true extent.
FHIA 1 with...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-17-2013, 09:37 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-06-2013, 07:46 AM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
09-27-2013, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 8
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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...
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Forum: Species Bananas
09-21-2013, 07:17 PM
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Re: Musa banksii, native Australian wild banana
I grew some of these from seed several years ago. I still have one planted down at my folks' house in Gainesville, FL. Sorry I haven't taken any pictures of it recently, but it is still doing quite...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-08-2013, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 9
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Praying Hands Taste Report
Harvested my first bunch of Praying Hands this week, and it was also my first taste of them. Pretty good out of hand when very ripe, and very good cooking banana....
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
09-07-2013, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 47
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Re: Fehi Banana
Flickr photo of a fe'i
Musa fehi, fe‘i banana | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40295335@N00/7063793655/lightbox/)
Tahitian fehi/fe‘i banana (Musa troglodytarum cultivar...
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Forum: Species Bananas
07-29-2013, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 7
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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 &...
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Forum: Species Bananas
07-25-2013, 03:15 AM
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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.
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Forum: Ornamental Bananas
06-16-2013, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 6
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Valentine's Velutina!!
It has been an AWESOME wonder watching this M. Velutina patch grow!!
After years of TC failure & small pups constantly dying, I bit the bullet last Spring & bought from Plant Delights. I am one...
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Forum: Species Bananas
05-03-2013, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 3
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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.
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Forum: Species Bananas
03-01-2013, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 10
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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...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-24-2013, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,737
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-24-2013, 06:08 PM
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
02-24-2013, 04:10 PM
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Forum: Species Bananas
02-12-2013, 02:36 PM
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Re: The ripe fruits of Musa Basjoo and its seeds
Well they have arrived and I have to say they look a little like Basjoo seeds.
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
02-10-2013, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: Selecting seeded acuminata/balbisiana
well, the only one i had a look was kenibreed
here is their full catalog (http://www.kenibreedplants.com/Availbiltiy%20seed%20list%20January%20%202013.pdf)
they have :
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Musa acuminata
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Forum: Species Bananas
01-19-2013, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 24
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Re: Who's growing Musa Itinerans?!
The plant was mis-identified when it was named. The real var. xishuangbannaensis is much larger than 'Mekong Giant'. There are other distinguishing differences also. One of the easiest ways to...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
12-13-2012, 12:24 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,357
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