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title: "Does she look healthy to you? Got her on sale for $10 at Walmart and…"
description: "Does she look healthy to you? Got her on sale for $10 at Walmart and not sure why they marked her down?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Mf72FWNkQja99YntY4yRtJ"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "Shannon"
published: "2025-02-26T11:51:09.424335Z"
language: "en"
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# Does she look healthy to you? Got her on sale for $10 at Walmart and…

_Posted by Shannon on 2025-02-26_

Does she look healthy to you? Got her on sale for $10 at Walmart and not sure why they marked her down?

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## 8 comments

### Ava commented on 2025-02-26

it looks like there is some sort of pest on one of the leaves

#### Shannon replied on 2025-02-26

Oh no! Can you show me where please? And what kind of pest do you think?

#### Shannon replied on 2025-02-26

I’ve taken a very close look deeply at the plant with a flashlight and I can’t spot any insects at all

#### Ava replied on 2025-02-26

it was just the white specs but as someone else said it could just be perlite but def wipe the leaves down!

### Abbi commented on 2025-02-26

The "pests" could just be small pieces of perlite or something. Thats caused me to freak out before too😂. I'm thinking the yellow/brown leaf edges are most likely what caused it to be marked down.

#### Shannon replied on 2025-02-27

Ok good lol! Because I was poking the white specks and they weren’t moving so I’m like this can’t be a pest haha

### Sen commented on 2025-02-26

Wipe down the leaves, top and bottom just to make sure😊

#### Shannon replied on 2025-02-27

I’ll definitely do that! Thank you

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