Sorry that was a common typo I make, I have a finger drag...unapting is unpotting.
Bananas only bloom once. They belong in the family with Heliconias, Ravenella, Etlingers and other gingers....its a once and done.
The normal life cycle of a fruiting banana takes 18+ months to complete. This is why many people in the USA never get bananas...their natural 18 month cycle does not fit with the 12 month seasonal weather schedule here. Of course you can get bananas if you never allow your plant to lose more than just a few leaves in winter....
In commercial banana production, the hands of bananas are cut off white the fruit is still green by cutting down the entire bearing tree. The bananas are then shipped to market green and allowed to ripen 'off the tree' because shipping ripe bananas = a lot of fruit loss.
In home banana production most people leave the fruit on the tree until its mostly ripe, cut off the hand, and leave the mama up while she slowly naturally declines and dies back then they remove her.
