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Default Variegated Mutation in Madeira?

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We've been preparing our land at our vacation home in Madeira, Portugal and hired someone to rototill the land to smooth it out and loosen up the soil so that I can plant a clover groundcover. There are a lot of stones in our land and while picking up some of the rocks I noticed one of my bananas had a variegated leaf. The lower leaves are not variegated but the emerging leaf also appears to be variegated. I'm wondering if this mutation will continue. The friend I hired to rototill suggested I get rid of it and I explained that we like the beauty of these mutations. Since the lower leaves are not variegated do you think that pups from this plant may also be variegated? I'm considering digging up this plant and moving it away from this over-crowded mat. I believe I had only Namwahs growing here at my place and the contractor that has restored our old home moved some of the bananas to this spot on our property. We had an irrigation water storage tank constructed where the bananas were originally located.
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