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Old 05-16-2007, 06:55 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa sp 'New Bhutan'

Kyle, here's the plant I got from you last year. It spent the winter in the greenhouse, and grew well for awhile. Recently, growth has slowed down to a crawl, and it has only been holding 2-3 leaves at a time. The pseudostem looks like M. itinerans to me, so I agree that it is probably a hybrid.





Pseudostem of Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis for comparison:

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