I noticed this yesterday while mowing the yard...a second pup on my Musa itinerans, right at 4 feet away from the mother pseudostem. This pup is a bit more vigorous than the first one though!! Check out the color on it:
To show you how far away it actually is, I laid out a tape measure (see the puny green pup that still hasn't grown a leaf yet, a few inches from the main pseudostem):
4 feet!
The mother plant took a beating in this heat wave/drought over the past month or so. Three leaves in a row unfurled, then promptly started to become brown in large patches. The last three leaves to emerge have not done so, so hopefully it's over that! I was sort of worried about it for awhile there. I bet it would do better in filtered sun, but mine gets lots of direct, afternoon sun. Here's a shot of the crown, showing 2 of the damaged leaves:
A shot of the pseudostem, which appeared to be falling apart! The leaf lying on the ground on the left was green when it fell down.
And here's what I found this morning...another pup, probably about 3 feet away:
Overall shot of the plant:
I just have this sinking feeling that this plant won't be that hardy though. Hope I'm wrong!