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title: "Help! My dragon scale seemed perfectly fine earlier, but when I got…"
description: "Help! My dragon scale seemed perfectly fine earlier, but when I got home from work I noticed that this leaf had completely flopped over. The stem is still firm…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/wEW8OUfxQyWHrEoEdpmStw"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "KT"
published: "2024-07-31T03:46:54.423725Z"
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# Help! My dragon scale seemed perfectly fine earlier, but when I got…

_Posted by KT on 2024-07-31_

Help! My dragon scale seemed perfectly fine earlier, but when I got home from work I noticed that this leaf had completely flopped over. The stem is still firm and it shouldn’t be a watering issue, but I don’t know if it has something to do with the new growth or what.

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## 7 comments

### k commented on 2024-07-31

I find most of my alocasias only like having 2 leaves at a time lol, one sprouts, one dies. Other then that all I can recommend is giving her some extra humidity :)

#### Mary replied on 2024-08-01

That happened to mine for a long time, she finally kept a 3rd leaf and gave me 2 blooms

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-07-31

I ended up changing all of my alocasias to pon (semi-hydro) because that’s the only way I can keep them happy and keep them from dropping leaves constantly. Their roots need constant access to both oxygen and water. I’ve also heard people have luck keeping them in a self-watering planter, in very chunky soil. But I haven’t tried that personally.

### Amy B commented on 2024-07-31

Does your container have drainage holes? When mine were that size they would get overwatered very easily. Let the soil dry out or increase the sunlight would be my recommendation.

#### KT replied on 2024-07-31

It does! I’m considering changing the soil/medium soon, but for now I just put it in a brighter spot. Fingers crossed!

### nepenthomancer commented on 2024-07-31

Light, in my experience they will move their leaves to follow light. They require a bit more light than we think, “indirect bright” is so vague 😂

#### KT replied on 2024-07-31

So true lol, I used to think every room in my apartment was so bright until I started growing plants😂

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