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Old 10-11-2006, 02:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: Attention all Musa-experts

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After looking close at the first plant, it seems possible also that it could be Musa nagensium x Musa balbisiana, however dont mark those words, it is just a quick observation. It does however not look to be any pure species.
I agree with Gabe, look at the inflorescence. Doesn't balbisiana have a "stretched" bell like the one in the first pictures? I think it could be nagensiumX. What other species has dark stems, grows huge, and has dark midribs? I was thinking cheesmani or even a cultivar such as champa kala may have been into the picture, but now I am leaning towards nagensiumX.

The second one certainly fits the musa flaviflora-description at "The musacea" very well.

The third one I thought might be velutina or ornata, but apparently it's a very big plant!

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