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title: "hey philo parents! give me your BEST tips on keeping my new pink…"
description: "hey philo parents! give me your BEST tips on keeping my new pink princess alive 🩷"
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community: "Philodendron Parents"
author: "cj"
published: "2025-11-04T17:29:42.671039Z"
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# hey philo parents! give me your BEST tips on keeping my new pink…

_Posted by cj on 2025-11-04_

hey philo parents!  
give me your BEST tips on keeping my new pink princess alive 🩷

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## 4 comments

### spearf commented on 2025-11-04

Beautiful!!!

Get a stake or moss poll to support its growth upward. Keep it tied to the pole all the way up or it’ll drop leaves to thicken its stem to continue going up.

Get a good soil with chunky mix and a pot with a drainage hole.

Ensure it has good light to keep its variegation up. It’ll loose variegation it too much or too little light.

When repotting, check its roots and ensure it doesn’t have a net hidden in the dirt to contain its roots and that it doesn’t have any root rot.

Best of luck :)

### Charlie Bean commented on 2025-11-04

Invest in a moisture meter. Don’t overwater, fertilize and keep in an environment with relatively high humidity (preferably 60-80).

### Melody commented on 2025-11-08

Ive done this so please don’t make the same mistakes I did. Don’t place it in bright / direct light to start off. You need to slowly transition it to brighter light if you want over months. If you don’t all it’s virgagation gets Sun burnt making it brown

### AlyssaEcho commented on 2025-11-10

Oh my! Looks like a cotton candy variety! Great find!

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