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Linda_GER

10-03-2010 04:03 PM

Mislabeled Musa in Bot. Garden

This is obviously not M. basjoo, but what else could it be? Maybe balbisiana or yunnanensis? It stays outside over winter, with a good protection.

Markku Hakkinen

10-03-2010 08:04 PM

Re: Mislabeled Musa in Bot. Garden

Hi,

For me it looks very much Musa yunnanensis no a Musa basjoo.

Markku.

BB73	10-04-2010 01:22 AM

Re: Mislabeled Musa in Bot. Garden

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Originally Posted by Linda_GER (Post 143143)

This is obviously not M. basjoo, but what else could it be? Maybe balbisiana or yunnanensis? It stays outside over winter, with a good protection.

Where did you take these pictures?

Dalmatiansoap

10-04-2010 04:51 AM

Re: Mislabeled Musa in Bot. Garden

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Originally Posted by Linda_GER (Post 143143)

This is obviously not M. basjoo, but what else could it be?

Im hopeing that that may be a kind of "take a pup" plant for You:ha:
:nanadrink:

Markku Hakkinen

10-04-2010 05:07 AM

Re: Mislabeled Musa in Bot. Garden

Hi,

Based on my observations of hundreds of M.yunnanensis plants with its varieties from southern Yunnan to north Yunnan up to elevation 2250 meters the plant in the pictures are definitely Musa yunnanensis not a M. basjoo.
There is no doubt about it.

Markku.

Linda_GER

10-04-2010 01:49 PM

Re: Mislabeled Musa in Bot. Garden

@Markku: Thank you very much for your help. It`s unbelievable how many plants are mislabeled in Botanical Gardens...

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Where did you take these pictures?

Wuppertal, Germany. Not as warm as Greece, but warm enough for some Musas...:ha:

Markku Hakkinen

10-04-2010 04:45 PM

Re: Mislabeled Musa in Bot. Garden

Hi Linda,

It is very common that one can see mislabelled bananas in botanical gardens. It is due to lack of knowledge to identify the wild banana species. I have faced this phenonema all over the world during the past decades.

Markku.

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