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title: "So I need help with my cuprea!! It looks fine, the stems aren’t…"
description: "So I need help with my cuprea!! It looks fine, the stems aren’t drooping, but the leaves are sorta facing down. The stem is upright, but it’s like the tips of…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/64fc167b62c50912c0631602"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "daesh"
published: "2023-09-09T06:53:47.452Z"
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# So I need help with my cuprea!! It looks fine, the stems aren’t…

_Posted by daesh on 2023-09-09_

So I need help with my cuprea!! It looks fine, the stems aren’t drooping, but the leaves are sorta facing down. The stem is upright, but it’s like the tips of the leaves are going inwards toward the stem. So the leaf is kinda facing more downwards instead of outwards. I hope I explained that well lol. Any help appreciated :)

## 2 comments

### Iwetmyplants🌱 commented on 2023-09-09

Do you have a photo? I am curious as to what you may have going on because I just bought a red secret myself. I know colocasia’s point down

### Brandon \& Michelle commented on 2023-09-13

I had the same problem. It was almost like the leaves were too heavy for the stems. I think the cure for me was replacing the soil with fast draining and watering/fertilizing more frequently. Also, I didn’t confirm but I feel like it might’ve had a pest problem too so check for that

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