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title: "Any reason why the stems of my pothos look like this? They’re orange…"
description: "Any reason why the stems of my pothos look like this? They’re orange colored and if you look close it seems like there is a film and the base of each 🧐leaves…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/46sbKsa-RgyFgv7yDz6N2w/g4SQ4twfAsmADy8zZehJm0"
community: "Planet Pothos"
author: "Aspiringplantmom"
published: "2025-04-02T19:28:35.492367Z"
language: "en"
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# Any reason why the stems of my pothos look like this? They’re orange…

_Posted by Aspiringplantmom on 2025-04-02_

Any reason why the stems of my pothos look like this? They’re orange colored and if you look close it seems like there is a film and the base of each 🧐leaves look normal and happy though so I’m not sure…

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## 5 comments

### Kades commented on 2025-04-02

looks like the stem is rotting. I’d pull it out of the water and see if it’s squishy. If so cut as far up as possible past the orange coloration. After chopping I’d leave it out of the water for a while so the cut end can callous over

#### Kades replied on 2025-04-02

You can also spray it/stick it in a diluted hydrogen peroxide mix

#### Aspiringplantmom replied on 2025-04-03

I’ll try to dry them out, I don’t have any hydrogen peroxide right now. It’s odd that they’re just starting to rot after being in the same place and jar for so long, any thought on why? I change the water when planta tells me

#### Kades replied on 2025-04-03

Honestly im not sure, it might have been starting to rot and then just started showing it visually

### Ashlynn commented on 2025-04-17

I’ve had the same thing happened to me. I cut just above where the root is starting to rot as high up as I can to the healthy part just beneath the node and honestly, I just stick my back in the water and normally they’re fine

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