10-11-2006, 03:17 PM
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Re: Attention all Musa-experts
Here is the description at "The Musacea" of Musa Nagensium:
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Trunk 20 ft. and more, suckering. Leaves 10 ft. long, glaucous beneath. Inflorescence drooping. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, lower 8 - 10 in. long, 4 in. broad, uppermost 6 - 7 in. long, nearly 3 in. broad, "Indian red" outside, bright shining orange inside, each enclosing 18 - 20 flowers in two rows. Perianth orange-coloured, 2½ in. long, ½ in. broad, four-lobed; free petal ovate-lanceolate, over 1 in. long, acute. Fruit angled, 5 - 6 in. long, stalked, not recurved. Seeds nearly ½ in. long, 1/3 in. broad.
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And this is what they say about Musa balbisiana:
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Male bud in advanced blooming broadly ovoid to ellipsoidal, the bracts imbricate at the blunt apex. Bracts various shades of purple, broadly ovate, rounded at apex, often greenish or yellow at extreme tip
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The photo clearly shows a purple bell. But can we rule out regular cheesmani or cheesmani X balbisiana-hybrid? Cheesmani doesn't get that dark stems, does it?
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