I ordered, and recieved, a Black Thai banana plant last month and it arrived totally broken up. The company said they would send a replacement and they did. It was shipped out June 27th, by "priority mail", and clearly labelled "perishable". It arrived today [July 16th]. All the leaves are dead and dried up but the stem is still very green, unbroken, and definitely alive!
This is strictly my opinion but I'm NEVER going to use USPS again... ever!
The package was crushed [mostly flat] and the ends were half torn open. Here is what everything looked like... before and after:
The stem is still green and isn't bent or broken. Do you think it can still grow all right?