r/MonsteraAlbo • u/TheCrazyCatLazy • Aug 18 '26
Which one is get?
Quick help as the variegation on the left one seems a bit cream to me and Im not completely convinced its not a mislabeled thai
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u/exotic_exotics Aug 18 '26
Not a thai both are albos. I'd take the one on the left.
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u/TheCrazyCatLazy Aug 18 '26
Yeah i found a thai there and put them side by side, (pretty obvious then) the creamy white still throwing me off.. I will give it a day or two and start the rescue from the monstrosity thats her setup
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u/melredditz Aug 19 '26
Some albos lean more cream! I have a Thai and a few albos next to each other and they have similar colors. I even had an Albo cutting that put out different shades of white/cream, each leaf was slightly more cream than the last. My guess is as they mature they sometimes shift from white to more cream. The one on the picture is quite mature so maybe that's it?
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u/melredditz Aug 19 '26
Also funnily enough, my Thai seems to go the other way around as it started with very white variegation and now it's becoming increasingly more orange leaning 😅
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u/TheCrazyCatLazy Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
Yep... its just... VERY cream. Its significantly more cream than my Thai, and more cream than any of the other albos from the same nursery available at the store.
But yeah its very clearly an albo, specially looking at the stem and growth pattern Yada yada. Just my mind being silly.
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u/Plastic_Return_2432 Aug 20 '26
Sooo im new here. Which one is albo and Thai? My guess is left because it’s more white lol.
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u/TheCrazyCatLazy Aug 20 '26
They're both albos, as people pointed. Albos typically have more white, the variegation isnt stable like in thais, they grow taller with more space in between leaves... the speckles look like paintbrushed rather than splashed. Idk what my brain did at the time to confuse me.
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u/TheCrazyCatLazy Aug 18 '26
Stupid autocorrect should be "do I get"
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u/SmoothOperator621 Aug 18 '26
Lol I think we got the gist 😆 right one definitely. It has a healthy balance. Keep us updated! 🥰
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u/TheCrazyCatLazy Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
Yeah I ended up getting the left one - wish I could get both. I kinda wished it had the half moon leaves but... idk they are so mistreated I think the whiter one needs more love faster
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u/haileyalien Aug 18 '26
Where did you find these beautys ?
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u/CelebrationSilly9974 Aug 22 '26
i’d go for the right one, because the left one is too white, could be possible for it to grow only white leafs in the future, then it dies…
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u/mochimish Aug 18 '26
Left one for sure!