Musa 'Ae Ae'

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Contents 1 Cultivar Name 1.1 Synonyms 2 Pictures 3 Description 3.1 Origin 3.2 Usage 4 Flowering 5 Cultivation 5.1 Known Afflictions 6 Research Notes 6.1 Members Growing This Banana 7 External

Cultivar Name

Synonyms

Musa 'aeae', Musa 'ae ae', Musa AeAe, Musa aeae, Musa 'AeAe', ae ae, AeAe, aeae, AEAE, Ae Ae, Sacred Banana, Koae, Hawaiian variegated

Pictures

Image:Http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=1436&size=1

Description

Spectacular variegated leaves of multishades of green and white colors and they even produce variegated fruit. Fruit is tasty ripe or cooked. Primarily a dessert banana. This banana is very rare and limited in supply. This plant is very expensive. It has not yet been propagated successfully using tissue culture. Only one in 4 pups retain the white variegation of the mother corm. That is why it remains rare. This variety has a colorful foliage. green and white. Need some special care to show its best: acid soil (ph 6.0 or less) , partial shade and protection from high winds to prevent drying and sun burning. Beautiful but demanding Acid soil ph 6.0 or less mandatory. partial shade.

• Genetic Group - AA?

Origin

Hawaii

Usage

Cooking, dessert, and ornamental foliage. Unusual because it's not common for a banana to share these three uses.

Flowering

• Time To Bloom -

• Time To Harvest -

Cultivation

• Mature Height - 18ft.

• Survival Zone - 9b

• Fruiting Zone -

• Cold Hardiness General -
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• Wind -

• Taste Description -

• Personal Notes - I have not had success with Ae Ae, but would try again if it was a pup from a very healthy stock. Apparently there's a few strains, some hardier than others. I failed with two plants from the same corm, a corm which I later found out did not survive a flooded container after a hurricane. So the strain I failed with is now lost anyway. Wish me good luck for next time, I would love to have one MediaHound 22:33, 2 November 2006 (EST)

Known Afflictions

Sun damage to young plants, but they can be acclimated to full sun, provided everything else is in good order, such as moisture.

• Pests -

• Susceptible Diseases -

• Resistant Diseases -

Research Notes

• Typical Price Range - $125 through $350

Members Growing This Banana

External

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