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Please Help Identify This Nanner

20 years ago

Could you help me identify this musa? It came from Aloha Tropicals and was mistakenly identified as a musa rajapuri:

This pic displays the slight variegation clearly - it's very apparent on all the more mature leaves now:

http://www.mjv.com/nanner/100_0308-variegation_example.png

Here's the topside of the leaf with emphasis on the red midrib:

http://www.mjv.com/nanner/100_0313-leaf-midrib-example.png

Here's the bottom of a typical leaf - muted but obvious red tint and red midrib:

http://www.mjv.com/nanner/100_0314-leaf-bottom-example.png

This illustrates the red tint of the underside pretty well:

http://www.mjv.com/nanner/100_0315-new-leaf-color.png

Here is a pic of the pseudostem. If you notice, on the open leaf of the keiki on the right, you can already see a variegation splotch:

http://www.mjv.com/nanner/100_0318-pseudostem-keiki-example.png

I've not had much luck in getting them to conclusively identify what it really is. They've offered to send a replacement - but I'd really like to get the identity of this one. Their lack of response may indicate that they simply do not know and it was a mystery nanner that got mixed in their stock...

Thanks,

Mike

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