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Originally Posted by Bananaman88
We always look forward to your posts, Tog. I wish we could get some advertisors on board so that we could get the magazine going and feature some of your explorations and photos.
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Thanks Brent for your kind comments. I wish I was back in the old days running around for reptiles in Indonesia, Borneo and Thailand. Well then I didn't have the 'naner fever yet.
Currently, I am doing a lot of work on the Peninsular M'sia musa species because of my project,
Ladang Musaceae which is a banana eco park. When completed in mid 2010, it will showcase as many cultivars and species as I can collect.
I am using my old reptile collecting network to get the species together, bit by bit, place by place. It's not easy but fun in a way. The most boring part is the first 2 months of acquiring a new specimen. It just sits in the pot and we just look at each other. Then...the fun starts once its established. I keep the new plants at home and I work on them with heavy watering and fert feeding. Can you imagine 1ft tall plants starts pupping after 2 months? The weather here is perfect for their growth. Recently I was given 12 pups of the Siam Ruby, in 2 months, with pups, I have more 30 plts!
Even though I have been into plants for a long time, it's the 'naners which opened my eyes in terms of their ability to grow. Absolutely amazing!