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Re:Demand for ornamental plants is ravaging South Africa’s r... by timClicks on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:13PM (#30694090)
Bananas are worse. All of the world's commercial plants are Cavendish bananas, and they are all clones.
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Re:Demand for ornamental plants is ravaging South Africa’s r... by 7thaccount on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @11:02PM (#30694860)
Yeah. They all used to be Gros Michel (spelling), but they all died out in the 1950s due to disease.
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