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Status Closed Deal pending with alpha010 Auction Details Number of Bids Placed: 7 Highest Bid: $5.01	Member Info Posted By: bigdog More listings from this member: View Ads Email Send a message via email to bigdog Private Message Send a private message to bigdog Positive Feedback: 6 Negative Feedback: 0
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Up for auction is 20 seeds of a hybrid I made, Musa siamensis X M. laterita. Pictured is the female parent M. siamensis and male parent M. laterita. I haven't germinated any of these seeds yet, so I have no idea what they will look like, but the two species are closely related and both spread by rhizomes. M. siamensis has proven to be cold hardy to at least zone 8a in Anniston, AL. M. laterita is more like a zone 9a Musa, cold hardy at least in Gainesville, FL. By the way, you can see some bananas forming on the M. laterita also. Those are reciprocal hybrid seeds with M. siamensis. They should be ready soon.
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Posted By: varig8(1) 11-17-2010 22:42 Hi there......interesting...........from which plant were the seed obtained? (the bronze or yellow?) Maybe a stupid question, but, how can you be sure that the flowers were actually successfully cross pollinated and not self pollinated as normal? Thanks for your time and reply!
Posted By: bigdog(6) 11-18-2010 13:46 Hi Steve! The seeds were obtained from Musa siamensis, and that's why that name comes before laterita (seed parent x pollen donor). They were the only 2 Musa in bloom at the time, so it was a controlled cross. M. siamensis does not have hermaphrodite flowers, so it could not have self-pollinated like M. velutina does. The only other Musa blooming at the same time was Musa laterita, and I transfered the pollen from that plant to M. siamensis by hand. The M. laterita bud in the picture was actually a later bloom from a different plant, and was pollinated by the M. siamensis pictured. Unfortunately, I only got a few seeds that look good from that bunch. Hope that helps!
Posted By: Markku Hakkinen(0) 11-18-2010 13:52 Hi Frank, I have crossed M.rosea x M.siamensis and got viable seeds. Markku.
Posted By: bigdog(6) 11-18-2010 13:55 Hi Markku, That sounds like a very nice cross! Any successful germination? Frank
Posted By: Markku Hakkinen(0) 11-18-2010 15:53 Hi Frank, I got a lot of seeds and the seeds were viable. I am going to describe that hybrid sometimes in the next year. I donated my collection (some 50 taxa) to ITC Leuven. Markku.