What's happening to this Alocasia Polly?

Discussion in 'Indoor and Greenhouse Plants' started by AlannaViktoria, Feb 17, 2014.

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    AlannaViktoria New Member

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    Hi :)

    I recently bought an Alocasia - Polly (that's what the tag says anyway) from Walmart, hoping it would make a great center plant for a terrarium I'm making. I've had it about two weeks now, and one of the leaves turned completely brownish, soft and translucent. I don't get a lot of natural light in my room, but do have a 14w 900 lumens bulb in my floor lamp. I'm not sure if that could be enough to burn it, and it may of course not even be related to the problem, I may have over watered it? I'm including pictures of the two leaves. The one seems sickly beyond repair; the second seems fine, but is now also beginning to go brown at the tip. The care insert says to keep the soil moist, so I don't let it dry out completely and mist it everyday or two.

    Any suggestions as to what is going wrong and how I can help save this little guy?
     

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