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nealnick5 · 04-21-2019, 11:34 PM

Just sent this message to brian.. very disappointed. "Brian, I love this plant so far but I recently discovered that it is itinerant var. itinerans, which only reaches 5m height, according to banana experts Hakkinen, Hong, and Ge. I love everything else you sent me but this was misleading about the certain product. The only banana plant (other than ingenues) to reach 40 feet or more is Must itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis. Itinerans var. itinerans only reaches 15 ft, a far cry from the alleged 40 feet your site claims. So Mekong Giant is actually itinerans var. itinerans. I know mine is not the 40ft giant because the petiole sap is not “watery red” as Hakkinen, Hong and Ge describe. Also, the 40 foot giant has pseudo colors of green with “purple-red splotches”, whereas yours has “reddish-brown” pseudo, meaning the whole thing turns reddish-brown with no splotches. I am very disappointed as I spent $120 + $14 on these xishuanbannaensis knockoffs solely for the purposes of reaching 20-25 in colder climates. The one you sent me will only ever reach 15ft, and I never would have purchased it otherwise, as my basjoos reach 12ft every year. That was good enough for me… I wanted the giant. Basjoo > itinerans, as it reaches 17ft in the wild. Here’s the article that accurately describes them.. perhaps you should read it. I’m not asking for a refund, but just letting you know that I will not purchase from you again. http://english.xtbg.cas.cn/rh/ss/hm/...1632122228.pdf I am making it known on the bananas.org forum that this is not accurately-described. I am sorry if others choose not to buy this plant from you based off of my thread, but at least I can sleep in peace knowing I helped others prevent themselves from making this same error.

Nick"

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nealnick5 Nick Location: Weems, VA Find me on the map! Zone: 7b Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 161 BananaBucks : 67,607 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 336 Times Was Thanked 372 Times in 107 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: My Musa itinerans var. xishuanbannaensis planted in VA Just sent this message to brian.. very disappointed. "Brian, I love this plant so far but I recently discovered that it is itinerant var. itinerans, which only reaches 5m height, according to banana experts Hakkinen, Hong, and Ge. I love everything else you sent me but this was misleading about the certain product. The only banana plant (other than ingenues) to reach 40 feet or more is Must itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis. Itinerans var. itinerans only reaches 15 ft, a far cry from the alleged 40 feet your site claims. So Mekong Giant is actually itinerans var. itinerans. I know mine is not the 40ft giant because the petiole sap is not “watery red” as Hakkinen, Hong and Ge describe. Also, the 40 foot giant has pseudo colors of green with “purple-red splotches”, whereas yours has “reddish-brown” pseudo, meaning the whole thing turns reddish-brown with no splotches. I am very disappointed as I spent $120 + $14 on these xishuanbannaensis knockoffs solely for the purposes of reaching 20-25 in colder climates. The one you sent me will only ever reach 15ft, and I never would have purchased it otherwise, as my basjoos reach 12ft every year. That was good enough for me… I wanted the giant. Basjoo > itinerans, as it reaches 17ft in the wild. Here’s the article that accurately describes them.. perhaps you should read it. I’m not asking for a refund, but just letting you know that I will not purchase from you again. http://english.xtbg.cas.cn/rh/ss/hm/...1632122228.pdf I am making it known on the bananas.org forum that this is not accurately-described. I am sorry if others choose not to buy this plant from you based off of my thread, but at least I can sleep in peace knowing I helped others prevent themselves from making this same error. Nick" __________________ Growing: Ensete ventricosum 'maurelli', Musa balbisiana 'Thai Black', bordelon, basjoo, Dwarf Cavendish, Dwarf Orinoco, itinerans var. itinerans, lasiocarpa, orinoco (tall), saba, sikkimensis 'Red Tiger', TaNee, zebrina, VDN (green), 1000 fingers, praying hands, ornata purple, veluntina, french red, super dwarf cavendish, dwarf iholena, red iholena, balbisiana (yellow), kru, mananzo, zebrina var. gran nain.