Sorry Frank, I hadn't realized that I had made the link point to the article abstract. I've now changed it to point to the complete pdf article on-line:
http://www.tari.gov.tw/taric/uploads...arc_56-3-6.pdf
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Do you think that it's possible that the seeds that you offered a few years ago as Musa formosana could in fact be M. balbisiana var. liukiuensis?
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When you hinted at this the other day the same thing crossed my mind. I would swear that none of the seeds that I have collected over the years from this species in the south has ever been offered for sale, and none have ever been sent out of this nursery. However, it looks like you have evidence to prove otherwise. It may be possible that I or a member of staff here has at sometime in the past inadvertently sent out the wrong seeds. And maybe one of the reasons why there is so much confusion over M. formosana with you guys. If this turns out to be true, then I sincerely apologise for this error. And I wonder just how many of these seeds might have been sent out? This, I can assure you would not have been intentional, and would have been purely accidental if it happened.
Sorry guys!
I will have fresh Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis here at the end of August, as I'll be back in Taiwan collecting again at that time. I do have fresh Musa formosana seeds here now, and which I guarantee to be 100%, high altitude, the real thing. I collected them personally. And I shall have more in August.
Warm Regards,
Phil