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title: "Can anyone please help me identify this plant? I got it from Lowe's…"
description: "Can anyone please help me identify this plant? I got it from Lowe's they had thrown it away and I asked to take it since it was in the trash to try and save…"
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community: "Plant Identification"
author: "Degs"
published: "2025-09-22T18:12:30.785631Z"
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# Can anyone please help me identify this plant? I got it from Lowe's…

_Posted by Degs on 2025-09-22_

Can anyone please help me identify this plant? I got it from Lowe's they had thrown it away and I asked to take it since it was in the trash to try and save it. It's tag just said assorted foliage.

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## 13 comments

### Erika commented on 2025-09-22

Looks like a calathea. Throw it back. 😱😰

#### Degs replied on 2025-09-22

I just started getting non beginner plants I wasn't looking for one so hard 😭 I gotta at least try though

#### Rhus replied on 2025-09-22

🤣😭

### Rhus commented on 2025-09-22

Cut off damaged leaves, being super careful not to be rough around the base of the plant. They like to poke tiny new leaves out of the soil as little nondescript cones and then get really mad if you touch their stupid little practically-invisible leaf cones. Water as neurotically as possible... I literally use a 3mL transfer pipette on my smaller calatheas but a gentle spray bottle would work too, or a bottle cap. I'd give it like one or two bottle cap fulls of water at a time over the course of like 20 minutes or so, making sure to let each capful soak in before adding the next. Stop at the very first sign that water has reached the bottom; the usual advice to have water running out the holes is not what you want here. After that, check on it again a little later and see if it needs another capful. I realize this is insane effort for a literal dumpster save, but what I've found with mine is that if I have neglected them for like... Two whole days, or something like that, they get all upset if I soak them.

#### Degs replied on 2025-09-22

Thank you!! I really appreciate the advice I've been reading up on it as much as possible 😭

### Rhus commented on 2025-09-22

Is there a plastic planter inside the terracotta?

#### Degs replied on 2025-09-22

Yes it's in a plastic pot with drainage holes :)

#### Rhus replied on 2025-09-22

Ooh perfect. If you live in a dry place the terracotta is probably fine. If you live in a moist place, take it out of the terracotta and put it directly on that grate. Air getting to the bottom of the pot is good.

### happysoxdonkey commented on 2025-09-22

I think it’s a calathea and you might it be able to save it. Put it in nice indirect sunlight. Only feed it with either distilled or filtered water, and maybe get some fish tank conditioner and add a few drops.

#### Degs replied on 2025-09-22

Is there a specific brand of fish conditioner that's safe? Or just any?

#### Rhus replied on 2025-09-22

Ooh yes good point. It does NOT want hard water or chlorine.

#### happysoxdonkey replied on 2025-09-22

I got one on Amazon called API STRESS COAT Aquarium Water Conditioner but I think anything from a pet shop would work.

### Phil commented on 2025-09-23

I would cut off all the leaves, down to the soil. Water with distilled water if needed, and then place it in a bright area. No sun. If roots are good, it will grow new shoots in no time.

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