I can't get a photo..please help me anyway! :) I bought a plant at a supermarket tonight, so it's got to be pretty common, but I can't figure it out, and it seems unusual to me. It's in bad shape so I want to try to help it asap. :) It has very long (6-9 inch) thin leaves, not very waxy, but stiff - they feel like an Agloanema but thinner, kind of like a Calathea I had (and killed :() recently. They are oval and come to a point. They are smooth, not veiny. (It's not a Pseuderanthemum.) The undersides of the leaves are fuschia, and a little streaky. They are variegated, dark green and cream, though the cream is tinged with pink from the underside. The variegation is irregular; some leaves are half green and half white, divided along the center, and others have dark green, lighter green and cream patterns, variegated a little like "Vs" or chevrons, but not as regular or as splotchy as an Aggie, and not as sharp or as regular as a Calathea or Marantha. All the leaves have cream around the edges, though some have a lot and some have just a tiny bit. (The coloring looks much like a variegated Pisonia.) The pot is marked "Sunshine Foliage World" (I can't get on the website) and the plant is in pretty bad shape - a lot of split leaves and dry tips and edges. Any ideas would be much appreciated; then I can go hunt down photos! Thanks, Jude Several stalks come up, around the perimeter of the pot, and each stalk consists of 4-5 stems - which are also fuschia. The
I found it. D@mn...it's a Stromanthe - triostar. I'm never going to be able to keep it alive. I ran the humidifer with my Calathea and kept her on a pebble tray and still lost her. :( Thanks anyway.
dont give up .. you may lose the leaves but im sure new ones will sprout .. try misting it for now instead of the pebble tray .. make sure it has been watered .. but dont ver water for... and also dont give it any fertilizer for now .. it might hurt it more then help .. and give it some good light .. it should make it .. Marn
