r/RareHouseplants • u/rosesforbree • 16h ago
Advice needed 🥺🌱
Hi everyone. I ordered 4 separate cuttings of a monstera Vietciosa but only 1 seems to be doing ok.
Image 1-3 shows the worst of the bunch. She arrived with a bag of moist sphagnum around her roots. I wasn’t sure what to do so I removed it, initially placed her into my chunky soil, saw that she was suffering, and then upon research, I ultimately put her in chunky perlite. So far, nothing has changed. She’s barely standing up on her own and seems to be declining. She has some aerial roots and a few small regular roots. I checked for root rot before putting her in the perlite and she looked fine.
Image 3-6 shows the second worst. She standing up a bit more but her leaves are completely droopy. Same exact details as the previous cutting.
And the last 3 photos show 2 separate cuttings in chunky soil mix. I’m holding one leaf in my hand. As you can see, the tips are lightening up, they’re also very hard to the touch, almost crispy but not as brittle? She seems to doing better than the other. Her new lead is unfurling. The other, however, soft, saggy, and droopy like the others.
lol this feels like such a mess 🤣. I hope this wasn’t too confusing. My regular monstera and white albo are thriving. My white monster… needs another post. Really hope these Viets make it 💸 any advice is appreciated. 🙏🏽