This cuprea was pretty sad when I got it at the nursery and has declined a lot since. It’s potted in a mix of standard potting soil & orchid mix, watered when the first inch is dry, foliage pro fertilizer every watering, 70-80% humidity, 12hrs of light per day under grow lights. I believe it had too much light at first which caused the drooping (petioles aren’t soft) so I decreased the light. A very mushy leaf just fell off this morning. It was repotted a week ago and the roots looked totally fine, no rot that I could see. All leaves except one are yellowed. It’s had no new growth since I got it a month ago. Any ideas?
by DisasterGreen7
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Looks like a flower
Its a flower. My cuprea didn’t like the direct sunlight, I placed mine at an south facing window with only minimal direkt sunlight and it got pretty big.
Flower
That is a flower. I could cut it because even a healthy plant can get stressed out from flowering.
Regardless; make sure it’s getting proper nutrients to replace the energy it’s using for the flower, as alocasia are heavy feeders anyway.