I dug this up last week, because my Musa velutina did not return and I wanted to check the status of the corm. Here's what the top looks like:
Looks kind of dead from that picture, but there weren't any rotten corms. I turned it over and found very healthy, living rhizomes, but zero lateral buds forming.
I wonder if I should just stick it in the ground way in the backyard somewhere and see if it grows. Regardless, I am trying again with another 3 or 4 plants. Other people all around me in TN have had success with M. velutina...except me. Not once have I brought one through the winter alive (well...this one is alive, but it isn't growing.).
Anyone have any ideas what the deal is with this corm, and why it isn't growing?? Thanks,
Frank