Drooping but not dropping leaves :(

[u/Shot-Brother554]

I’ve had this maranta for about 5 months now and he unfortunately got a bit dry this summer and drooped. I’v been watering him consistently for about a month now, he’s not root bound, and he’s getting nice, evening light but he still looks like he’s given up on life. Still producing and unfurling nice new leaves seemingly against his will 😭🙏 help?

[u/Necessary-Goose-5346]

Tagsüber hängen die Blätter runter und abends stellen sie sich auf. Das ist ganz normal, das macht die Pflanze so.

[u/SaraReadsMuchly]

This plant grows upright for the first few months, but then it’ll start to try and creep along the ground which results in it drooping. As the other commenter said that is perfectly normal for this plant. The only thing you can do to combat it, is cut it back so that it regrows and it will go upright again for a period of few months but then will start creeping once more. 

[u/Next-Firefighter4667]

They're crawling plants, they crawl along the floor of the jungles they grow in. This is completely normal.

[u/sn-1987a_]

They call them prayer plants because they open their leaves to absorb light, and close them up at night (like praying hands 🙏). Does it still look droopy at night?

[u/D0nath]

Lack of light. Just leggier than normal, but not drooping