Bananas.org - My baby Variegated Asian Wild Banana

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Originally Posted by chong (Post 63768)

I wish that I can tell you. But my 2 Floridas from Thailand croaked! It is possible that, as Tog says, that M. Florida is AE-Ae; and that anyone who got sold one under the same name, but which produced seeded fruits, was just sold a fake.

These 2 plts are the Var M balbisiana aka Tanee which I got from Bkk 2 months ago. The new leaves have become darker than when it first came in.

Chong, mm4birds, if the Var Florida is from Thailand, it should be the Ae Ae as it was hand carried in from Florida and that's how it got its name. But then knowing the Thais, it also could be the Var M balbisiana which is similar in coloration except it has more green than white. It is only recently that one guy is selling the Ae Ae as the Ae Ae there. It is sold for about 5,000b. Confusing?

Most people in Thailand are unaware that the Tanee or Var Giant Indon is actually the M balbisiana. It is the same for the Siam Ruby, in Bkk, it is known as Indon Daeng or Red Indon. As to how the M balbisiana got to Indonesia, I still can't find the answer as it does not originate from there.

The Indon Var M balbisiana got there only a few years back as there was alot of hand carried trading for the Thai Aglaonema and foliage Anthurium cos the Indons were really crazy about them. The Indons were there in different groups every week buying huge quantities of plants on the wholesale day at Chatuchat market and then taking them back. They all stay at one particular hotel which allow people to have plant materials in their rooms. You should see the Indons practically working in shifts packing their plants in the corridors of the hotel! I met some of them and they asked me to help them get the Anthurium Jungle Bush. When Thailand ran out of Anthuriums, they came to M'sia to get them. Man, and you guys think you are plant crazy! :ha::ha: