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Originally Posted by andy17
Glad to hear! It's been pretty hot. Two weeks ago we had near record heat with temps pushing 109-110 F. The last week or two, temps have cooled down noticeably to the low to mid 90's, but as the plant continues to get bigger, the droopiness during midday increases as well. A good watering in the evening around dusk revives the plant pretty well and the leaves perk up, although not completely. Only my ice cream seems to do this though, so I was curious if it was maybe a characteristic of the variety?
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Well, sounds like it is fine -- with temps like that, you'd expect to see some droopy banana leaves as it's a way they avoid losing water. I haven't noticed any varieties being particularly susceptible, but I don't live in an area where heat stress is very common. My guess would be that this particular plant has a lot of leaf surface area relative to roots, corm, and p-stem, and so it gets water stressed more easily that others you have.