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bigdog · 10-19-2006, 05:18 PM

I think musa velutina can be ruled out. I've never seen that much wax on a young (or older) m. velutina. Pretty sure that isn't not musa cheesmani or m. nagensium either. They both have purple midribs on the underside of the leaves, which that plant doesn't (at least from what I can tell...can you take a picture of the underside of the leaves please?). I don't think that it's m. acuminata or m. balbisiana either. M. coccinea and m. beccarii can both be ruled out also.

My vote is for some form of musa ornata. The leaf bases are unequal-sided, which rules out a lot of species.

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