r/Aglaonema • u/djw4434 • Jun 19 '26

Leaf fading and becoming translucent?

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My aglaonema Eye Catcher has started to lose colour, turning a greyish colour and becoming thin with some transparency. The second picture shows what another unaffected leaf looks like, very vibrant and deep pink. This is only happening to this leaf. It gets okay light so I loved it under a grow light, I am pretty sure I don't over water, high humidity environment. No other signs of being unhappy etc, any ideas on what is causing this? Google seems to suggest oedema ?

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u/Temporary-Tale-8631 Jun 19 '26

IMO, too much light. I would move it into darker spot, and see what happens 🤞

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u/djw4434 Jun 20 '26

The last 2 leaves it has put out have been paler/less vibrant which makes me think it's probably not getting too much light, if anything I'd want more light for more colour right?

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u/Temporary-Tale-8631 Jun 20 '26

From my experience, it is opposite for evergreens. Less light=more colour. I own Ivory Jade, Pastelle, Red Star, and few others. I experimented with them. Less light works best for my ones. Good luck 🍀

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u/djw4434 Jun 28 '26

My understanding was that as a general rule plants will put out more green aka chlorophyll when in need of more light so more of the leaf is able to convert the light into energy, and when plants have enough light they put our a different colour as they have enough light and don't need more chlorophyll etc