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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 05-15-2015, 06:50 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,958
Posted By sammy
Re: Musa Velutina Seeds Germinated

A taste test and a look inside for the seeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH0YeVi0kt0
Forum: Ornamental Bananas 05-03-2015, 04:51 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,268
Posted By jmoore
Re: triple bud on Velutina

As a bit of an update this was a pup I removed from the same corm that had the multiflowered stem.

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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 02-07-2014, 07:10 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,958
Posted By sammy
Musa Velutina Seeds Germinated

Hi all.
I received these seeds from FlaFlowerFloozie and soaked them in warm water for two days and then put them in a baggie with damp sphagnum moss which I put on top of my electric hot water...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 04-27-2013, 10:33 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,695
Posted By H2O
Lightbulb Germination - Musa velutina

Seeds soaked in water 3 days - on the boiler (water changed daily)

Wet Coco substrat.

It took longer (4 months), but here they...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-09-2013, 01:34 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,329
Posted By harveyc
Fruit Hunters TV Series

This got shared around a couple of days ago and I finished watching it tonight and think it's well worth the time to watch for anyone who is very much into growing any fruits. There is a fair amount...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 02-16-2013, 12:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,474
Posted By Yug
Re: Flag leaf?!?!?!

I didn't mean it looks like a 'flag-leaf', but that it looks like a leaf shaped like a flag, a ripped up one. I thought you were joking about it being a flag leaf. It looked like a flag pole with a...
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 02-11-2013, 05:37 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,261
Posted By bengtang
Re: Germination - wild banana (probabaly M. acuminata)

Thanks for the photos my friends.

Here are some photos of where the seeds come from:

Banana Gallery - Wild bananas in Singapore (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=2144)
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 01-08-2013, 10:36 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,261
Posted By bengtang
Re: Germination - wild banana (probabaly M. acuminata)

An article and some pics showing where the seeds come from, i am pretty sure they are native to Singapore.

Photo gallery: Amateur naturalist may have found wild bananas here...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-23-2012, 10:40 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,781
Posted By amantedelenguaje
Re: Could it be???

I cut off the bell so that the plant can put its energy into maturing the fruit. We had two consecutive sunny days, and I can tell that they made a huge difference for the plant. Grow lights are...
Forum: Main Banana Discussion 12-09-2012, 02:58 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,781
Posted By amantedelenguaje
Re: Could it be???

The markings measure 24 hours growth of the bud/inflorescence. The growing conditions are not ideal, and it seemed to me that the bud was not emerging fast enough. I was concerned the plant might...
Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 12-03-2012, 12:12 AM
Replies: 91
Sticky: Tissue Culture
Views: 47,341
Posted By bengtang
Re: Tissue Culture

Here is a cached copy
Micropropagation of Musa (http://web.archive.org/web/20091024223858/http://geocities.com/k2benson/TCoverview/TCban/TCban.html)
Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum 11-30-2012, 02:10 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,195
Posted By bengtang
Re: How to break the dormancy of the banana seeds from Borneo and Papua New Guinea?

This paper recommends chipping and 9 alternating cycles of warm and cool temperatures (12-18C for12 hrs, 35C for 12...
Forum: European Section 11-07-2012, 04:19 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,669
Posted By zaxxon
Musa Velutina

My bananas right now:

One in flower:
http://s7.postimage.org/9h669veyf/Musa_Velutina6.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/9h669veyf/)

And one with ripe...
Forum: Species Bananas 11-01-2012, 02:54 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 5,703
Posted By George Webster
Re: Weird hybrid

Using the Bing Translator this says in english:
John, you will not believe, but I'm obsessed with this idea, and had already sowed seeds ordered musa velutina and musa ornata: Nanadrink:
Forum: European Section 09-22-2012, 10:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,221
Posted By zaxxon
Re: Musa Velutina

One of mine right now (grown from seeds):
http://s10.postimage.org/bkd0666at/Bananas.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/bkd0666at/)

Indoors facing north, but with some fluorescent tubes as extra...
Forum: Member Introductions 06-09-2012, 09:53 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,081
Posted By emegar
Re: Принимайте новичка

Добро пожаловать, Romul! Я преподавала английский язык в Республике Казахстан на год, но я все еще собираюсь обманывать и переводить с Google. Если в русском мире ты живешь?

Welcome, Romul! I...
Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas 07-18-2011, 12:45 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 10,772
Posted By Gabe15
Re: Northern Growers - Bananas you can eat!

For now, the best chance you have is to get a nice small variety, such as 'Dwarf Cavendish', and grow it in a large container, either inside all the time or moving the container outdoors for the...
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