I'm glad I found this question. I planted two of these in a raised bed last year. One came up fine this spring. The other just sat there looking mushy. I think I finally pulled the top mush off. Anyway, it got little bumps all across the top, and each of these bumps put out a tiny stem and leaves. There must be a dozen or so. This morning I finally went out and sliced one tiny plant off of it. Has anyone ever done this? Will this tiny thing make a full size banana plant? Will it even root? And what will happen to the original plant if I leave it alone with all these separate little stems/plants on it? Guess I'll find out, but was just wondering if it has happened to anyone else. Kind of exciting.

I also have an E.vent from seed and I am going to cold store it like the E vent maurellii.Have always stored the reds dormant but have never tried the green.You have no space for pants you say!!!!

Hi Steve, isn't it easier for it to shoot new bud than harvest from the seed. I'm currently in love with that plant. Melbourne zoo has one here, it grows so huge.

It really needs to be in a larger pot. The newer leaves look healthy so the stress that caused the older yellowing leaves has passed, and it was most likely too much water without letting the soil dry out a bit in between waterings.