people, this is a hoot! I emailed her again and she told me to blame god, not her because of the snow, ice, and crazy weather. The one I DID recieve from the first auction which I said looked like "construction debris" arrived solid brown in color. I took her advice and potted it up DRY and put it under gro lux lights with my other growing nanas. It has been potted at least a month. nothing. So yesterday ! took it out of its pot and was almost completely rotted out. I found one little piece that was the size of a small gladiola bulb that was a little white. I potted it in a little three inch pot (dry) but I think it is gone. Where are you anna?