My poor calathea took a nosedive – I tried so hard to save it. She was in an unheated mudroom after I moved houses, with almost no light, and was totally fine for months. But the nights were in the 20s and the mudroom was staying in the 40s with about 30% humidity, so I wanted to bring her in.
Inside, I kept her in a room with two aquariums and I ran a humidifier 24/7, kept the door closed to maintain humidity. It was downright tropical in there from my efforts, like 76F and 35% humidity (I couldn't get it more humid there or anywhere else in the house). Hot water radiator heat, so no vent drafts or anything.
Over the course of a week, all leaves went fully curled and now dead brown. But the roots look robust and showed new growth? Can I revive this plant from the roots? How?
(Photos of her happy, then her like 2 weeks later. I gently lifted the roots post mortem to see if there were clues, and they've been out of the soil a few days so are pretty dry right now.)
by Flood_Incantation
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Not likely after the roots have dried out. If you can find a rhizome in there that hasn’t dried out you might try it in some slightly damp moss.
IMO chop off the leaves, pot her back, water and cover for humidity. Don’t get your hopes up but 2-3 months you *could* see new growth. Best of luck!