I bought a plant about a year ago and am not sure what the name is and how to care for it properly. It has bright orange stems and tropical light green leaves. The problem is that it doesn't seem to be growing much and the ends of the leaves are burnt. The plant is left primarily indoors so I don't think that the leaves are being burnt but I can't figure out how to let this plant flourish. Please advise. Thanks
Could be one of many thousands of species. Please post a photo, without knowing the species advice is nothing more than a guess.
Thanks- Any advice on how to make my plant look like the photos I just found online in which the leaves are not brown on the ends?
Have you been keeping it there in the sun? They really suffer under much direct sun. The soil mix also looks too heavy, without enough drainage. Mine flourishes in a west window that gets just filtered light through wood blinds, but right up close to an east window would be ideal; or even better yet, close to a north window with bright flourescent supplementing close above. They like the bright light to thrive, but not much direct sun, except for perhaps early mornings. I would also consider repotting it. What size pot is that, it looks like it might be a little too big? Also the soil needs to be free draining. If you don't have a super-premium soil mix, you can approximate it with something like MiracleGrow houseplant soil mixed with 50% pumice. You don't want to add perlite or use a soil high in perlite because Chlorophytum are often sensitive to the flouride it contains. Once it is established and growing after repotting, I would fertilize with a half-strength fertilizer, a little higher in nitrogen, at every other watering (my favorite is Dynagrow). When you water, make sure the water runs freely out the bottom of the pot, and never let it sit in a tray of water afterwards. Good growing!
I also keep mine in a west window with some direct coming in filtered through a couple of trees out front. If the light is too low, you'll lose much of the orange color. I let the soil "almost" dry out between watering, not become bone dry, or staying soggy wet all the time. The pot you have does look a little large and the soil may not be draining as well as it should. Find a smaller clay pot that's an inch or two larger than the root-ball. Clay is porous, letting the soil dry faster compared to plastic. In the spring it can have many seed pods....
