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Puck. No wonder my "Langra" in 9B flowered so early being barely 2ft tall. It's a frickin Julie. I too bought from Guavaking on ebay. I have a Langra inground since 2014 from Zill (Fairchild extras 2013-2014) at 10B that I got fruit from already. I thought the leaves looked the same. ......Crap.
GuavaKing I believe . Ormond Beach. Selling 1 gallon trees from Zill as rare Indian varieties. Check out what fell out of our “Langra” pot we got from him:Not coincidentally the leaves looked like NDM #4 as well. I suspect the “Anwar Rataul “ we were sent is actually a Julie. Also a Banganpalli we got through him is clearly not a Banganapalli because it lacks the flat pointed leaves and thin stem.
I'm very concerned about the authenticity of the 11 plants I currently have in the ground from this vendor but I'm not going to light a torch and head off to the castle until I'm sure there's really a monster there. I think the plan of action we discussed yesterday is best and if, as it appears, we've been defrauded, we can proceed to take action as a group.
Quote from: Squam256 on January 18, 2018, 08:20:10 AMQuote from: wslau on January 18, 2018, 01:19:39 AMFrom what I gather from friends, a similar mystery exists for Florida's Son Pari and Langra Benarsi too.Langra Benarasi for sure. However Sonpari appears to be the right one from photos from India.My source who is at the heart of Sonpari Growing region, a good friend of mine who has mango orchards confirmed looking at fruit picture and pictures of Florida sonpari leaves to be vastly different than what he grows in India in Gujrat. He will send us closeup pics of fruit and leaves in Summer for us to see. what he described was that majority of leaves tend to bend in the middle of vein.
Quote from: wslau on January 18, 2018, 01:19:39 AMFrom what I gather from friends, a similar mystery exists for Florida's Son Pari and Langra Benarsi too.Langra Benarasi for sure. However Sonpari appears to be the right one from photos from India.
From what I gather from friends, a similar mystery exists for Florida's Son Pari and Langra Benarsi too.
Quote from: behlgarden on January 19, 2018, 10:08:42 AMQuote from: Squam256 on January 18, 2018, 08:20:10 AMQuote from: wslau on January 18, 2018, 01:19:39 AMFrom what I gather from friends, a similar mystery exists for Florida's Son Pari and Langra Benarsi too.Langra Benarasi for sure. However Sonpari appears to be the right one from photos from India.My source who is at the heart of Sonpari Growing region, a good friend of mine who has mango orchards confirmed looking at fruit picture and pictures of Florida sonpari leaves to be vastly different than what he grows in India in Gujrat. He will send us closeup pics of fruit and leaves in Summer for us to see. what he described was that majority of leaves tend to bend in the middle of vein.Below is a pic of the Son Pari grafted by Zills.
Quote from: wslau on January 19, 2018, 04:43:10 PMQuote from: behlgarden on January 19, 2018, 10:08:42 AMQuote from: Squam256 on January 18, 2018, 08:20:10 AMQuote from: wslau on January 18, 2018, 01:19:39 AMFrom what I gather from friends, a similar mystery exists for Florida's Son Pari and Langra Benarsi too.Langra Benarasi for sure. However Sonpari appears to be the right one from photos from India.My source who is at the heart of Sonpari Growing region, a good friend of mine who has mango orchards confirmed looking at fruit picture and pictures of Florida sonpari leaves to be vastly different than what he grows in India in Gujrat. He will send us closeup pics of fruit and leaves in Summer for us to see. what he described was that majority of leaves tend to bend in the middle of vein.Below is a pic of the Son Pari grafted by Zills.this was ID as fake and not sonpari by the grower in India. yikes!
True Indian mangoes are round and small. I have seen and eaten a lot of them in the Philippines. They are good when eaten green.
When asked for a photo of his “Banganpalli”, he supplied this:This is clearly NOT Banganpalli. This is what Banganapalli looks like. Different, flatter leaf type and very thin stems:
Quote from: Squam256 on January 20, 2018, 10:03:48 AMWhen asked for a photo of his “Banganpalli”, he supplied this:This is clearly NOT Banganpalli. This is what Banganapalli looks like. Different, flatter leaf type and very thin stems:I noticed the house in the background does not look like a typical house/farm in india.
Quote from: Mugenia on January 20, 2018, 05:36:27 AMTrue Indian mangoes are round and small. I have seen and eaten a lot of them in the Philippines. They are good when eaten green.There are many indian/ pakkstan mango varieties.And the ndian mangoes they call in the Philippines is actually Katchamita variety.To this date, it os unclear where katchamita came from. There are rumors that the seedling came from india. Hence, getting the indian name.If u want real Indian varieties get it from India/ Paki or someone thats legit.So far a major Florida propagator sends fake indian varieties? Hmmm