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Folding Leaves in Dwarf Cavendish

tiggs2001
12 years ago

My potted, indoor dwarf cavendish's leaves have been folding inward severely for the past few weeks. I have read here on Gardenweb and elsewhere that this is normal, photonastic behavior for the plant to lose less water via transpiration...yet it doesn't seem my plant perks up much during the cooler nighttime hours. I have the banana in a southern facing window and it gets approx 3-5 hours of direct sunlight per day. It has been hot here in Virginia as of late--outdoor temps in the 90s, indoor in the mid 80s during the day with sun on the plant, with upper 70s at night. Other than the folding it seems happy--its still putting out nice new, big leaves. Should I be worried about this guy? Photos at the link below. Thanks for the input.

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