While I am far from being remotely an expert, I have 3 Bordelon pups in one pot (taken off the mother tree, positive ID) and one Zebrina (from Monrovia).
I've found as follows: Zebrina's leaves are broader, with more red on the top than Bordelon's. The underside is completely red. The Bordelon's leaves are narrower and longer (slightly), and there is much less red on the top side of the leaf, just a few splotches, vs. maybe 20% coverage on Zebrina. Also on my Bordelons, the red on the underside of the leaves does not extend all the way to the edge, there is a thin (1/4 inch), green border present.
I'm not sure on my plant terminology, so bear with me, but the outside surface of the part (arm?) which attaches the leaf to the pseudostem seems to be much greener on the Bordelon. On the Zebrina, it is less green, while the inside of this part is red in the centre, flanked by green, and then red again. My apologies since I realize I am making very little, if any sense at all!
Keep in mind my Bordelons are very young pups, and my Zebrina is four feet tall and I've never seen a small pup of this variety, so my help may be completely pointless!.
Anyhow, take a picture, we'd all love to see one! Maybe you should buy it anyway, what's one more banana?
Hope this helps you!
Regards,
~Joe
BTW: This is awesome ----->
