Bananaman88

Miaella,

You should definitely cut off the damaged part of the stem. I'd cut it about an inch below where it is crushed and brown. You should see healthy tissue in the middle of the stem after you make the cut. If not, cut a tad lower. Sometimes when the stem is damaged like this the leaf dies back down into the stem a ways. I had this happen to some nice M. ornatas I was planting at work recently. One had apparently gotten damaged when we transported it for planting. I cut it and it was brown in the middle, so I cut it, and again, the same. I eventually had to cut it down from about 30" to about 8". It was already sending up a pup and that pup took off and was the size of the original plant in two weeks! Normally, one cut will fix your problem though. Good luck!