Jeff zone 8 N.C.

Yes the variegated ones are much weaker than the green ones. Some of my variegated have twisted leaves. Some of my green sprouts are already showing a stripe or so of variegation. The mature green and slightly variegated plants are supposed to possibly make variegated offshoots. The variegated ones will always be a little weaker to certain conditions than green ones but will get better when larger. Mine are from the Musa Acuminata group of wild bananas. Probably yours too. Yea took me about 30 mins just to log in and make this one post. God forbid I try to load a pic. I find the site speed highly variable. Sometimes, in the morn, it is much faster but other times I just have to try to log in and leave the computer and come back in an hour or so to see if anything opened.