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Old 02-08-2007, 04:34 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: Insights on seed germination.

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Originally Posted by jeffreyp View Post
I hope someone somewhere in the USA will finally get a musa ingens to sprout and donate it for tissue culture.
Eric at Leu had one, as far as I know its still alive but I havent heard any updates.

I have one ingens-like plant, it was collected in the same area as M. ingens and the about the same size, but a different either species or variety of M. ingens. When it gets big enough I will get a DNA test to see its affinity to M. ingens and maybe later on someone can TC it.
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