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Jim, I would say the few Nova and also some T.fortunei that have some white powder to the backsides are blue or silver as the white powder is not th...

John, Trachycaprus is normally not allowed to enter USA for the "Lethal Yellow" Disease or whatever and you and Jim probably got the biggest ones so f...

Jim,Nice photos.I got several stout versions of Nova which however I am not sure grown from T.fortunei seeds or Nova seeds. Since I did not grow T.for...

John,I could not answer every of your question since I did not pay attention to some aspects.Jim, sorry to hear you lost tesan .Is it the first year i...

Jim,Here are some more photos of Misan in the habitat.By the way, regarding the Nova with supposedly 2 ridges or Princeps with 4 ridges , I'd rather t...

I love the purity and calmness of countryside scent the banana creates .

That is amazing ,jim.You got a tropical garden in the cold area which probably many people never imagine.Good job.Are you growing Ginkgo there? It is ...

Tesan were obtained after breeding and crossing several times from specially selected T.fortunei with stouter trunks and compact look in cold areas ...

Erik,Based on what I learned on the web, one guy said that the Juvenile T.princeps of about 40cm trunk withstood -15C without protection in 2008 and e...

Keep up with the good work and see more as T.princeps needs some more patience.Here is my T.princeps with yellow stripes.I doubted it could be caused ...

It seems that there is no comprehensive study in this field about these species or varieties.I once read a German article years ago which dealt with t...

Jim,Winsan have 4 ridges but some have 3 or 6 and mostly 5 ones as well.Just correct the wrong typing. Thank you for reminding me of the error. Yes I ...

Jim,I saw the the photo of the Thai Giant which is amazingly big. very funny stuff.Are they eatable like Colocasia esculenta I am growing?