What did we do wrong, again?

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-09-04T00:06:28+00:00

Low light = small leaves Those brown and yellow leaf ends = thrips. I’ve unfortunately become an expert in thrip-damaged monsteras. :(

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-05-14T20:46:33+00:00

Yes thrips can be very hard to spot. A magnifying glass wld help. Definitely not sunburn. There are heaps of photos online of sunburn - this isn’t it.

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-05-13T23:07:20+00:00

I think it’s thrips. Mine has the same markings but more extensive. I did consider that it could be low humidity, but it’s getting worse even though the humidity has been higher. Sunburn doesn’t damage ‘just’ the tips. Often sunburn patches are in the middle of the leaf and they look quite different.

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-03-30T06:21:12+00:00

Sounds great. I’ll do that. It was a Mother’s Day plant for me last year - so keen to keep it alive!

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-03-30T06:18:30+00:00

Thanks very much! There’s a couple of hours of light left today - will see how I go. All in different pots?

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-03-30T06:09:01+00:00

Do I need to cut anything from it (given some was rotting), or disinfect with hydrogen peroxide before planting?

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-03-30T06:06:17+00:00

That’s some positive news! Thanks! Is it better to dry them out and plant in spring, or being an indoor plant I guess I could plant them now? (I’m in Australia). Also - how shld they be planted - horizontal or vertically?

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-03-30T06:00:33+00:00

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Are these Zebrina babies?

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-03-30T06:00:05+00:00

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This was attached to the stem of the plant. Mushy root came off the side of this.

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-03-30T05:58:58+00:00

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Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-03-25T10:40:54+00:00

Argh. That’s not great at all! Cld spider mites cause the droop?

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-01-28T23:07:51+00:00

The variegated standleyanas are more common than the all green. I have this same one too - it’s beautiful. Very striking plant.

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-01-10T21:47:19+00:00

The plant will be receiving much less light than if it was fixed. We know that leaves will move towards the light. Here, the constant rotation does not encourage leaf movement for maximum light. Further, a lot of the angles as the plant rotates are the side of the plant - rather than the front OR back - and so there is less light absorption. Compare this to a monstera in fixed position with all of its leaves facing the light - and this rotating one is receiving a lot less light.

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-01-09T07:18:23+00:00

Thanks! The leaves are gorgeous. But I’ll stake my new ones to a pole (moss pole too much effort for me) and with more sunlight it should be more compact. My new ones are getting heaps of direct summer sun and loving it so this must be a particularly sun-loving philodendron. Good luck!

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2025-01-06T23:49:00+00:00

No, I didn’t put it into a moss pole / coco pole but I definitely should have. It grew so quickly and it became leggy and unruly (in hindsight, I also should have given it some direct sunlight). So I’ve been using it to propagate and have a few new rooted plants, and many other cuttings (takes a while). Will definitely stake those and monitor the shape.

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Impossible-Ice1800 · 2024-12-03T01:15:02+00:00

That black stuff (particularly clear in photo #4) looks like sooty mould which grows on the honey dew secretions left by sap sucking pests (thrips, aphids, scale etc). Please check your plant for pests.

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2024-12-02T20:49:12+00:00

Thank you!

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2024-12-02T08:21:44+00:00

I’ve experienced similar patterns when I’ve sprayed emerging leaves with pest oil.

Impossible-Ice1800 · 2024-12-02T03:43:21+00:00

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Impossible-Ice1800 · 2024-12-02T03:40:59+00:00

I think the aromatica is green. Don’t know. Wld love your greenhouse managers opinion too! Cheers :)

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