No, the parent was definitely a banana and if I recall (it was a year and a half ago) about 3ft tall with a touch of red at the base of the p stem.
It just slowly deteriorated; starting with the leaves (which had more yellow than green) turning brown and dry at the edges. This "dryness" started at the edge of the leaves and worked inward until the entire leaf was gone. It also had an ant colony in the pot....when I repotted I think there were more eggs than soil. Once I finally got rid of the ants (and the aphids they were farming) the plant seemed to just slowly faded away, losing one leave after another - it had about 8 to start with - until all I had was a stump. And even the stump slowly deteriorated until all that was left is what you see - several times I had thought of just making a clean cut to see if it would regrow but just never got a round to it. But then the stump still had a bit of color so I thought there was still hope for it, and I have been just too busy to get rid of it.......good thing
