Re: Two in one
This can happen in two different ways, and you can tell which one it is by whether both pseudostems are still producing new leaves or not.
If they are both making new leaves, then an axillary bud likely broke early (I don't know why this happens) and started growing up through the leaf sheath of the main one and so now there are two. A similar (but normal) situation occurs when Musella lasiocarpa suckers.
The other thing that could be happening is that the leaves got damaged and stopped growing for some reason, but the plant is still making new leaves so it busted out of the side to form a new pseudostem. This is easy to tell because in this case only one pseudostem will be growing new leaves and the other will begin to decline.
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