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title: "Question - why do the small leaves get droopy if the rest of the…"
description: "Question - why do the small leaves get droopy if the rest of the plant looks healthy? This is my second small leaf in a week to droop :("
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/At0RY22tjpQo5zxsaSeGDI"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "Kayla"
published: "2025-05-22T19:50:23.351791Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2OmTeB-6Ragol3dk8plZEHxy8DfFfVHKsjfe97Fbri4/oVpgr1-3TJS1AeY-KB_YRg.webp?size=large"
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# Question - why do the small leaves get droopy if the rest of the…

_Posted by Kayla on 2025-05-22_

Question - why do the small leaves get droopy if the rest of the plant looks healthy? This is my second small leaf in a week to droop :(

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## 3 comments

### Tellie commented on 2025-05-22

Looks like those are babies off of mom or from mom (corms). My Alocasia’s had come like that. And when I transferred them to a new home they died off and then came back. Bigger than the first time.

#### Kayla replied on 2025-05-22

I did transfer this to pon a week ago, so maybe that’s it?

### plantgeek commented on 2025-05-22

the smaller ones don't produce as much energy for the plant, once they get bigger ones the plant may decide to focus on supporting bigger leaves in order to maximize glucose production. the smaller leaves may eventually die off, but they'll grow back bigger leaves to replace them :)

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