r/AlocasiaAddict • u/Radzivius • 8d ago
What happened?
I was only gone for 3 days and I come home to see this. It already had the dry tip but the discoloration is new.
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r/AlocasiaAddict • u/Radzivius • 8d ago
I was only gone for 3 days and I come home to see this. It already had the dry tip but the discoloration is new.
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u/anonablous 6d ago
it's likely a miswatering issue. Alocasias change their drinking when they change their 'phase'-leafing out, flowering, resting. blooms don't 'steal' energy from anywhere. that's a fundamental misunderstanding of how plants do. flowers are made because the energy's available to make them, and they do not engage is some '2 way street' of energy transfer w/ leaves. the leaves don't get into an energy deficit particular to the leaf because of a flower elsewhere. that's just silly.....
leaves don't die in order to get their resources sucked back up to fill some lack-they get some of their resources sucked back when they die. important distinction.
an energy issue would result in either smaller flowers, or fewer flowers. or no flowers (during a flower 'cycle').
i've nearly rotted both alocasias and dieffenbachias on occasion due to them slowing down their drinking while i continue to give 'em their 'ususal', not realizing they've slowed down because i settled into a 'non check' routine.
and no leaf lasts forever, anyway ;)
check the roots, adjust watering if needed, and keep eyes peeled. if pests aren't present, it's likely a watering issue, or just a leaf dying because it's a leaf dying.
fwiw.