On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:25:35 -0700, Ornata
wrote:

'Dwarf Cavendish' makes an extremely good houseplant - I've had one
(now in a huge pot) for seven years, rather neglected, and this year
it flowered. Give it as much light as you can, especially in winter.
Watch out for red spider mite, which are a real problem on bananas
kept indoors. Try standing the plants on a gravel tray to boost
humidity, and mist them regularly. If you see signs of red spider
mite (bronze mottling on the leaves, or leaves yellowing, and webbing
between leaves), treat it immediately. It won't suffer if the
temperature is lower than 15C, as long as it doesn't freeze. It will
benefit from being outdoors in the warmer months. It will make
offsets, which you can remove and pot up separately as long as they
have some of the parent rhizome and some roots. If you lose the
pseudostem, you can usually make the rhizome re-shoot by putting the
pot on a heat source, such as a propagator.

Thank you very much! Very useful.