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title: "My alcoasia black velvet has definitely fallen ill. I repotted to a…"
description: "My alcoasia black velvet has definitely fallen ill. I repotted to a pot with better drainage and I thought she was getting better with this new growth but this…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Ty8B6pOcSz-zq_NgQiB4YQ"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "StephNM"
published: "2024-02-23T15:04:09.088735Z"
language: "en"
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# My alcoasia black velvet has definitely fallen ill. I repotted to a…

_Posted by StephNM on 2024-02-23_

My alcoasia black velvet has definitely fallen ill. I repotted to a pot with better drainage and I thought she was getting better with this new growth but this white chalky thing just came out instead of a new leaf 😅 does anyone have any idea what is going on? New to plants…

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## 4 comments

### Dee commented on 2024-02-23

it flowered

### Scott Brown commented on 2024-02-23

That’s a bloom. Means your plants is happy. I chop them off all my alocasia so they can focus energy on new leaves. But entirely up you.

#### Ji11 replied on 2024-02-23

I cut mine off a silver dragon and it’s not looking good hoping it’ll snap back

### StephNM commented on 2024-02-23

lol! Thank you guys for the response. Glad to know this wasn’t a weird next level fungus situation. Ha!

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