Caring for Alocasia Polly, AKA Alocasia Amazonica, AKA omg what is this plant even called?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- So I wanted to do a video about caring for Alocasia Polly. And being me, I ended up shoulders-deep in a rabbit hole concerning this plant's origin and name. Alocasia Polly? Alocasia Poly? Alocasia Amazonica? What is it?!
Anyway, I do eventually get to the bit about taking care of Alocasia Polly or Alocasia Amazonica, whichever you want to call it.
For more information about this plant's origins, see this page, written by Steve Lucas, co-creator and curator of The Exotic Rainforest located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas: www.exoticrainf...
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Yes I finally found another human who finds history and plant classification as fun as I do! Thank you!
We're gonna get along just fine! 😂
Plants? Science? Learning new things? Uhhhh new fave channel. Thanks for the lesson, Betsy Begonia!
It's my pleasure! Thank you for watching. 🙂
I love your videos. I feel like you’re a kindred spirit! The plants, the cats, the curious nature and excessive research! I was watching this video the other night, and my boyfriend said “wooow, I didn’t know there were more of you!”
😂 There's a whole army of us! I'm so glad you enjoy my videos, thank you for watching. 💚
Definitely some hyperfocus in action. I'd check you're not part of our ADHD community ✌
I scrolled past so many Alocasia plant care videos looking for something short and simple. You packed history and plant care into a 7 minute video and I thank you 🙏🏽❤️ My humidifier just came in the mail today !! I had a feeling I’d need one for this plant ☺️🪴
Yay Yay Yay! I just adopted this little guy last week and was researching about it and how to take of him-and now it’s all in one place. Was also researching the history of my new-ish Maranta Leuconeura and decided to put them side by side, and so glad that I did. Thanks Betsy, keep ‘em comin’! Can’t learn enough!! I have my 21 month old toddler watch as well and then we go and “say Hi to our plant friends”. 😍
That's adorable.
Those facts were suuper interesting, I love my Alocasia Polly, now I love it more knowing it's a 'man made' plant? SO cool
That's was awesome just love your bubbly personality and love your video's so glad I learned the right info on this plant it was very interesting thanks again my plant friend :-)
Thanks, Amy! I'm glad you found it useful. I appreciate your dropping by! 😁💚
Alocasia is what I'm calling it.. seems like the most accurate name...based on your information...which was AWESOME..THANKS SO MUCH
I'm glad you enjoyed, thanks so much for watching. 🙂
You are so easy to listen to and learn from 💞💞
Betsy, I'm glad this was the first thing i clicked when i googled the plant.
I just got one so thanks for the info!
You’re too funny and smart. Love your videos soo much. I can learn and laugh all in one video. Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoy learning new stuff about plants, I'm happy I have someone to share my nerdy pursuits with! 😁 Thanks, Kathy.
Omg that was a heck of history...
😅 good work girl
Love your energy and videos 🤗💚
I absolutely have no idea why but My alocasia Polly hates when I keep the soil moist. I always let it dry out about 50%. Lots of people call them really tricky plants but they're actually really not.
I think that actually the primary reason people find this plant difficult is inadequate light. I know it also needs a good amount of humidity, but I had gone along with the popular claim that the amazonica absolutely needs to stay away from direct sunlight, but settles alright in what we could consider medium indoor light, and all I got was a plant that was slowly dying. As far as I've seen, the plant does not tolerate anything less than bright indirect light. I mean like 2000 lumens and above through the day, which most houses cannot provide for enough hours without a bit of direct sun as well. As for direct sun, I've seen that it can be acclimatized to take it for a few hours, as long as humidity is not very low and temperatures don't go much above 30 Celsius. So mine refused to grow from March to August, placed half a meter behind a western window, while monsteras, dracenas and ficus were doing more than ok. That was until I put it outside and it finally grew a new leaf in just one week. Moreover, it seems that its parent plants also grow in almost direct sun in their natural habitats.
interesting... I don't think I would be able to memorize all the names, families, etc but I find it quite interesting since sometimes they can be so different even inside the same family
Who needs Wikipedia when you have Betsy 💪🏻
I could stare at this plant all day! On the wish list.
Wow-- that was super interesting! Diploid is actually when there are two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. That's kind of the normal, common state for most organisms (like us) Polyploidy is pretty common in the plant world and means there are more than two set of chromosomes.
I managed a greenhouse in the early 90's and remember when I first saw this plant-- I got some in to sell, but they were pretty sparse (only a few leaves -- 4 or 5??) And expensive. It was in a town with a university that was known for its science and natural resource colleges and I noticed most sold to students who were studying plant-related majors.
I always wanted one and finally, 20+ years later, I got one last night-- A huge full beautiful plant....for $6.98 (american). Cannot tell you how excited I am!
Thanks for this video- very interesting and I didn't know this about this plant!
Thanks so much for sharing, I really appreciate that you pointed that out! I'm so glad to hear you finally got one, I hope it does well! Thanks for watching Lara. 💚
I love this video!! Hearing the history of the plant was awesome!
Omg you are just the cutest! I'm definitely subscribing. Very informative video! And the added humor 🤓 is refreshing... Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for watching and subscribing! 💚
Loved that little classification history! Thank you!
Just got one of these today. Thank you for the lesson. Mine was labeled Amazonica. Thank you Betsy!
This was so helpful.. I got one over the summer and it’s doing great on my patio and loving the humidity.. but I’m soon bringing it in as temperatures drop.. dum dum dum... fingers crossed it survives❤️
I am honestly struggling with this plant more than any other I have...
When I got it (for a stupid price, I might add) it had four leaves, all with crunchy tips. I gave it some distilled water, not too much, and one leaf rotted on me - like, completely rotted. I stopped watering and just kept it in my bathroom, which is pretty hot and humid... another leaf rotted away, but it's putting out new leaves at the same time, so I don't understand whether it's fine or not.
I checked the roots and they're strong and healthy, but it was sold in 100% coconut fiber, and that thing has zero drainage; I'm hoping that's what is causing the leaf rot. I'm planning to repot it in better soil and see what happens!
Silvia Sellerio i just bought one on a discount because it got too much sun for $6.50. How much is too much for this plant? It has 4 leaves with yellow edges. Let me know how yours goes! I’m trying to save this one.
Love this fun and educational video. I will now forever remember my plants name and fun fact that a post man created it🥰
Great vid! I just got one of these guys and this is super helpful!❤️
Nice! I'm glad this was helpful. Thanks for watching, Kaela. 😊
My husband brought this plant home from the store.
Thank you for your history and how to care for it.
Would misting the plant leaves help with providing the humidity requirements?
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing
Absolutely! Thank you so much for watching, Jessica! I hope you're having a lovely day. 😊
Hello! Glad I found your video. I just bought my first and I was able to get two plants out of one; SCORE!!! Your tips are super helpful. Thank you!!
perfect care guide.. thank you
Thanks a lot for watching, Paul! Have a lovely end of the year. 😊
Heeeey, I really hope you get to see my comment. I adopted a little alocasia polly a couple of weeks ago. It started out in my room because I read somewhere they actually liked a little shade. I noticed some yellowy/brown spots on a few leaves, which had me worrying because I love love love this plant. The spots are still there but not on all the leaves, I'd say I've seen them on 3, maximum. I misted it a lot less and watered it really thoroughly once a week. Until I saw drops of water falling from underneath the pot. I also placed a plate of clay marbles with water underneath it. I have one new leaf growing in but the thing is, it has a hole in it. I checked for parasites, nothing to be seen. I'm leaving it be for now but I did move Polly to a much brighter place in my lounge (where I keep most of my plants). It's a little dry in my flat, so I mist it or place clay marbles underneath. And I don't really know the temperature but I'm guessing it's below 23 degrees celsius... Can you think of anything I may be doing wrong ?
It will take the plant a while to bounce back after you've moved it into brighter light. Just give it some time. 🙂
Mine is turning yellow the top of the soil is dry but it's cool in the bottom. I guess I'll give it some water. I thought maybe I over watered it but I guess not. I definitely need a grow light for this one.
Thank you. I adore my plant and you just caused me to connect with her in a more profound way. And here I was thinking I knew all I needed to know about my plant 🤷🏽♀️🤣.👍🥰
Aww, it's so nice to hear!
I love how you balance science with personal exp with the discovery and care for the alocasia. Also I grew up calling caladiums "elephant ears" idk if that's a southern USA thing or not
I keep mine in my bathroom. Tons of light and it gets humidity from my showers every morning. My house is above 50% humidity all the time anyways but so far my Amazonica enjoys the daily humidity boost.
Wow, I love the info you talked about. Yes, keep on doing what you doing!
😁 Thank you! 💚
Thanks. i was looking for photos of this plant in its natural environment. Now i know why i couldnt find any😬.
I would have learned SO MUCH MORE in my Botany class if you would have been my teacher. I have to admit, I’m a bit of a plant 🤓 need BUT, that was both educational and entertaining.
Ahaha, it's funny because I honestly did so terribly in biology growing up. I don't know what's come over me, I suddenly get excited when I start reading about it. 😂 Halfway through researching this I shouted at my computer, "this is so interesting!" My neighbors must think I'm crazy.
Betsy Begonia where are you from originally? I’m in Florida.
@@elizabethduecker5809 Ohio! Northwest Ohio to be exact. I moved to France a little over 7 years ago.
Alocasia amazonica it is my friend 👏👏 loving the passion and knowledge
Are care requirements the same for Alocasia Dwarf Amazonica? At least that's what my plant was sold to me as... I don't have a humidifier, but I've had it for about a month now and it has produced a BEAUTIFUL new leaf and the whole plant looks stunning. I do keep an eye out on the water and have taken it into the bathroom while I shower a couple of times. It is kept on a shelf outside the bathroom door, so perhaps the steam from showering nearby is enough to keep the humidity up.
Mine gets droopy when it needs water, also I find the leaves really sensitive to water like if there is any wetness on them they start to rot.
Very educational, I came for satin Pothos but I ended up getting a lot of new info as well, great channel
Great video Betsy, thank you so much for all the background. Super interesting! I have had my Alocasia Amazonica for just one week and it's started to show signs of severe distress already!! It's new home may not be bright enough, maybe not humid enough either, and under watering may have been an issue too, as I didn't water it when I bought it, fearing I may overwater it. So, it's in a new position now, east facing window, water, and we'll see what happens. Thanks again for your wonderful and informative video! I've subscribed!! ;-)
I really hope it perks up and I'm so glad you found this useful. Thanks a lot for watching!
Wow! Amazing info Betsy! Really enjoyed the background of the name!! These guys are so beautiful! A true statement plant....(i lost 2 of mine to mites) Still grieving but after this, contemplating trying again :) Thank you !!!!!
Aw that's a shame about mites, very frustrating. I'd say give it another go! I think it'd look great with all the plants you showed in your tour.
Great info!! Thanks Betsy! I love plant facts!
Absolutely! I love discovering things like this. 😊 Glad you found it interesting too!
I like how plant crazy you are! 🤣🤣🤣
My first time to your channel. It’s fun watching your video 🦋👍👍👍🦋🤗
Thank you. 💚I enjoyed your unboxing video last week! 😀I see you uploaded a new one, I can't wait to check it out!
Thank you so much! Finally! I’ve heard both let it dry and keep it moist! I lost so many leaves and the bottom ‘sheath’ of each stem is crispy. Is that ok?
I just ordered this baby ! I love the look of it so much! Thanks for the video 😬 it was definitely called Polly from where I ordered it lol
very nice video with English subtitles.
(INDIA)
I'm glad you enjoyed this video. 😊Thanks for watching!
Betsy Begonia i like Short video.
Great video and loved the history lesson on this beauty! Thank you! :)
Thank you! 🙂
I just thoroughly enjoy your videos. You're pretty cool too ♡
just picked two times baby polly at my neighbors fence..and i dont have mix soil
.just plant it in an ordinary soil...i think i over watered it..it died...now i try agin ..i just hope i could survive ...i wanted to have this kind of plant..it looks fancy to me
Aw, that is really a shame! You live, you learn. I still struggle with African violets myself.
I Have a Polly and I love it so much! I just don't know why it is getting droopy stems the leaves start turning yellow. I am buying a humidifier just to verify if it is that, or something else. I don't see any bugs on it but I have lost so many leaves. :''( so sad.
Love you Betsy! I finally got my alocasia amazonica! So excited. I think I'm good with the humidity ( I have aquariums in every room of my tiny condo), but I'm wondering if tap water is ok or should I use filtered water. I use filteted for my maranta, but tap water for all of my other plants. I would love to use my aquarium water but I use a python ( a syphoning hose that attaches to the faucet) and it goes down the sink. A waste, I know, but quick and easier than draining into buckets. I also wonder if the water conditioner that removes the chlorine might harm plants, so ive never used it. Also, can these go ouside in the summer in a shady location? I Would love to display these on my patio ( no sun...blocked by huge oak trees).
Yes you could put it outside but keep an eye on pests for sure. I know a lot of people get spider mites on these.
I personally water mine with the Paris tap water and I haven't ever had any issues, but I also water my prayer plants with it and their leaf tips don't brown. I think it depends on your municipality's water system to be honest.
Thank you for all this info!! Super interesting... Although I am partial to "Alligator Alocasia".. because.. alliteration..
Whoah you just blew my mind! Im in love with your channel plz make more videos! 🌿 haha I barely comment on videos but I could not thank you enough for all this knowledge!
Thanks so much, I am really happy you enjoyed this one. And thank you for subscribing! 💚Feel free to suggest topics any time!
Great job!
New subbie. I just bought 5 of these
Five! Wow! They are super cool though. 😁 Thanks for subscribing! Have a lovely day.
Betsy Begonia They were on sale for $3 bucks at Lowe’s. I made a video.
If anyone has an answer to this or feedback I’d be super appreciative! I picked this plant up from a big box store mostly because I had just been to a nursery where it was three times the price and three times smaller. Somehow I got it in my head that the plant had root rot. So I panicked, stripped all the soil, washed out the roots, and put it in some new potting soil... later discovering that it wasn’t rotted I’m just a dummy. It definitely lost a lot of its bulbs in the process. SO MY QUESTION IS have I doomed this plant? I have over 50 plants and I’m learning about them constantly, always trying to educate myself and this is definitely a mistake I can learn from but I really hope I didn’t just kill a plant that had nothing wrong with it I’ll be so sad.
Thanks for the history on the name .. I did not know at all!!
My pleasure! I love learning the stories behind the plants. 😍
Betsy Begonia I can tell you have much passion for the story of things
Care tips at 4:07
Glad to see this video. All what I need to know about taking care of Amazonica. Do you have the same type of video for billietiae?
Hi Betsy! Don't have one of these and I've never seen one where I live (Sousse, Tunisia), so I think the chances of me getting my hands on one is slim, but I loved the video anyway :) Thank you for taking the time to explain the name! Can you tell me how far your alocasia/marantacea shelf is from your east facing window? I've recently acquired 2 prayer plants and I can't figure out how far/near my east facing window they need to stop their leaves from browning at the edges. PS: The humidity is almost always above 70% here. Thanks again!
The shelf is 1 meter away from the window. The Alocasia Amazonica is nearest to the window, the prayer plants are about 2 meters away. The window goes to the ceiling, so it's very tall and lets in a lot of light from above.
Incredible video! ❤🌱
Hey, thanks a lot! I appreciate your watching it. Glad you enjoyed the info. 😊
Very informative...
Thanks, Michelle. There's actually more to the story but I feared delving too deep into it. 😂
@@betsybegonia lol, delve away..
How do you learn all these facts? That's amazing.
I just like lookin' stuff up.
Would you say the care for an Alocasia maharani is similar? Or any other alocasia for that matter?
Very cool information about the name of the plant thank you so much very interesting ! , Can I just spritz it once A-day , I don't have humidifier
Hi.. lovely video and thanks for unveiling the mystery behind the name. Well, I have this plant and it had four leaves. After about 5 months, all of them turned yellow (one by one) and finally, I have nothing left. A new leaf was coming up but I am not sure what's happening with it. Yesterday, I had dug into the soil to see if there was any root rot but thankfully, I found the roots to be quite healthy. What I found while digging were a few bulb like things ( I guess they were new plant precursors 😔) inside the soil which I replanted. I don't know what to do. I really love this plant. I live in quite a humid place (60-80% all the time) and it receives plenty of indirect bright light. Please help.
When I let mine dry out too much, the smallest least turned yellow and fell off. It's difficult to say because this can also happen if the plant is overwatered. My best advice is to put it in a well-draining potting mix with plenty of perlite and don't let the soil dry out too much, but don't let it remain sopping wet all the time.
I have an Alocasia Lauderbacia... or however it's spelled, would the care be the same for that one as this made-up Alocasia?
Thx. Just purchased one 3 days ago. I call it African Mask plant, but thx for the history lesson.
I think that's a fine name too! 😊
I like that plant. It looks like its from an alien planet.
Does misting works incase you don't have a humidifier?
To some extent but it evaporates very quickly so you'd have to do it multiple times a day to replicate a humidifier.
I have a amazonica and it keeps yellowing its leafs. It has two separate starts in one but there is so many leafs. Every time I check the soil it reads about 3/5 in moisture and I haven't watered it since I got it. That being said it came in a non drainage pot. Should I repot it? I put rocks on the bottom of the plant and put some more perlite in the soil and it's still sad :( I'm gonna keep trying! I just hope I don't lose her 😔 I hope you have a blessed day 🙏 may you grow where your planted
Hi there, thank you so much for explaining the history of their name, I did wonder and its super cool to know now!! I am a new plant mum and I've been wanting this plant for a long time. I finally got a big one from IKEA a week ago and its looking rather unhappy. I made the mistake of misting its leaves like I do with my calatheas, and now it has dark marks with yellow halo around them that are expanding, even on the newest leaves that are not yet unraveled. 3 of the lower leaves turned all yellow and died! I just moved it to a brighter spot, the soil is always moist enough but I don't drench it. I water it with filtered water, however I don't have a humidifier and I am yet to set up pebble tray for this plant. Please help, what should I do? Is this a fungal infection or maybe something else? Thanks in advance!
Mine has developed yellow spots since moving, I think the cold air in the 3-hour transit affected the leaves heavily. But it could also be a fungal infection, you should research that.
What are your thoughts about growing alocasia plants in water?
I've never tried it.
Is there any way to propagate this plant?
Thanks so much for the video. My boss has left 2 if these in my care. Hopefully I wont kill them now.
Very easy to care for with enough humidity!
The stems of my amazonica started to look pruny, I don't think it's from underwatering but i could be wrong, I started to notice it when the soil was moist, I let it dry out a bit but it doesn't seem to be working, I even repotted it to a smaller terracota pot and have been making sure the soil is moist but it still seems to be a bit down, I'm honestly crushed that it hasn't been doing well
That's strange, I'm not sure what would cause that besides watering, perhaps insufficient light or a cold draft.
Betsy Begonia it’s on a west facing window .. I had it close to it but there’s no significant draft coming in, taped a bag around it lol I’ve moved it plenty of times either closer or further away.. nothing seems to be helping
@@theiablakesley4304 If it's getting direct sun you'll want to make sure it's protected by a sheer curtain or something. They prefer bright but indirect light.
should it be kept moist in winter also?
Now that temperature has dropped and the air is more humid here in Paris, I'm definitely watering less but I still don't let the soil get super dry between waterings.
So I just bought one today, and I used the PictureThis app and it labled mine as "Alocasia Mortfontanensis" any idea where this name comes from?
No clue, never heard it.
Hi great advice vid. I'm new baby to gardening in general ; started last year and this year last month i started on in-house plants and my first purchase was this plant . The problem was all the plants that this nursery had of these species had rusted brown leaves so I picked the one with least rusty brown spots . Ive kept it moist with rain water twice a week since I purchased it 2 weeks back and placed a small bowl of rain water next to it to help with humidity as I don't have a humidifier and had kept the soil moist by keeping a stick in the soil to check for how moist the soil is. However 2 of the smaller leaves went super crusty and I've removed them. Now only 3 big leave a left and they don't look any good neither . But thankfully the brown rusty spots haven't grown bigger. I'm keeping it under a table lamp to get at least 7 hrs of light. Is there anything else I can do to help it recover and hopefully shoot new leaves. I live in South East UK so the weather is turning cold rainy and snowy soon. I really like to make good with my first indoor plant. :(
Thank u in advance
Hi Reza! You might not see much development until spring comes, since the plant may be in a period of dormancy now that it's cold and the daylight hours have decreased. I say just keep caring for it like you are and hopefully it will put out some new growth when the weather gets warmer and brighter again!
This is a tough choice for a first plant. If it does die, you shouldn't be too hard on yourself. Many experienced plant carers complain about their Alocasia Amazonica plants dying in spite of their efforts. Some other great and much easier plants you might think about looking for: pothos, Thanksgiving/Christmas cactus, and Hoya. 😊
Love the fact review
Thanks for watching, Rose! 😁
Any recommendations on keeping it from going dormant during the winter? I just got a pink dragon, and I’m told it has the same care as an amazonica. I have it with my calatheas. The humidity ranges between 55 and 70, the temp 69-73, and it’s under a full spectrum grow light. It looks fine now, but I’m worried about it going dormant.
Mine died :( it was due to lack of humidity.
I'm sorry to hear that. At least you know what caused it!
Haha it was my first plant death. Live and learn. 🌱🌱🌱
Do you know any interesting plant facts or common misconceptions? Please share, I eat that stuff up!
Betsy Begonia I’d love to know why so many calatheas (and plants) have purple on the bottoms of their leaves 😊
Betsy Begonia or grow lights. Or tissue culture plants and how that works? Haha new plant parent so very curious about all the topics. Love your channel especially ones like the soil saturation level one! So good!
Do you know why Philodendron stenoblum was recently reclassified as genus Thamatophyllum?
I have just started taking care of an Alocasia Amazonica and I’ve noticed today that there are holes in some of my leaves including in new growth. My instinct is that it was a pest but I’ve looked around the plant and soil and I don’t see anything. I have a thriving maranta and it’s set next to a humidifier. Bright indirect light all day. Not sure what is causing it! Anyone have any ideas?
Betsy help! It’s getting colder in winter and my alocasia Amazonia has four leaves. Two of these have yellowed/browned and deteriorated and I don’t want it to get worse. The leaves are wilting away and I don’t know what to do! Please help!
It could be going dormant due to lack of light or a cold draft. Or it may need less watering now that it's going through a period of dormancy. Try watering less?
Hi, where should I trim the yellowing leaves at? Closest to the leaves or at the base of the plant?
I always trim the leaf closest to the stem but it doesn't matter much I don't think.
Thank you.😊
it’s not that hard to take care of
Betsy: they need it to be warm and always moist
Me: yeah that’s too much for me
i have this plant! and the ends have kind of like twisted inward on some leaves? what does this mean?
Just encase you go back and read your comments,,,you are missed! Luckily I can binge on your older videos,, COME BACK!!
Super interesting ! I killed two of them and I'am very reluctant to go again with a new one (or any Alocasia in fact, too afraid to kill them)... but if I do I'll remember this video !
THANK YOU FOR THIS!! LOL :D
YOU ARE SO WELCOME.
Thank you for the information and the perky presentation :) could you please tell me which humidifier you use and how long you keep It on? I live in a tropical country so having a hard time with the plants of this genus that I keep indoors
I use a tiny humidifier that I just found randomly on Amazon. It was the cheapest with the best reviews. The brand is 1byone or something. I try to keep it on at all times, but I have to refill it twice a day.
@@betsybegonia Oh thank you I just ordered mine, hope it goes well :)
Hello from Australia!:D I have been binge watching your videos and thanks for all the useful info!:D I love them! I am a beginner of growing plants and I bought a Alocasia Black Velvet and also managed to get one of your favorite Calathea Musaica Network *woohoo*. I have been checking online and people said that Black Velvet is a bit tricky to take are of. Do you have any good tips for this plant? I bought it when it has 3 leaves and 1 half opened leaf four days ago, now the half-opened leaf has almost fully opened but one of the old leaf turns yellow and seems wilting...:(
If the leaf is turning yellow and falling off, it might be overwatered. They don't like it when the soil dries out COMPLETELY but it can't be soaked all the time either. It takes practice to find a good middle-ground. It could also be shock from changing conditions. They also need lots and lots of humidity!
@@betsybegonia Thank you Betsy! I think I should raise the humidity and get a hygrometer real soon. :D
Btw, do you recommend misting them?
@@soniac1644 Some do and some don't. I don't mist mine, but it is directly beside a misting humidifier. So it kind of gets misted all day, but a much much lighter mist than what would come out of any spritzer bottle. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@betsybegonia got it! Thank you so much for the tips Betsy:D
So, I purchased an amazonica a week ago and I have noticed that the leaves are "weeping". Is this normal for the plant to do? The edges of the leaves look soggy and are wet.
Hm, it can happen. It's releasing its own excess water. But is it causing damage to the plant? Are the leaves yellowing, etc.?
@@betsybegonia The edges of the leaves that look "soggy" are starting to dry and brown and a few older leaves are yellowing. It seems like the weeping has stopped. Also, I have it near a south facing window with filtered sunlight. I watered it last about 6 days ago.
@@zSuitSamus It sounds like a simple case of "guttation".