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title: "Quite proud of this one ngl 🥹"
description: "Quite proud of this one ngl 🥹"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/MHDCEEvjSYaZAT8jdVgR2w/369OMpwsQaowiiUsNoZU2V"
community: "Prayer Plant Allies"
author: "Paulina | Semi-Hydro"
published: "2025-07-12T11:34:50.918639Z"
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# Quite proud of this one ngl 🥹

_Posted by Paulina | Semi-Hydro on 2025-07-12_

Quite proud of this one ngl 🥹

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## 14 comments

### happysoxdonkey commented on 2025-07-12

So lovely!

#### Paulina | Semi-Hydro replied on 2025-07-12

Thank you! I grew her back from one leaf after she had a hissyfit when I repotted her 🥲

#### happysoxdonkey replied on 2025-07-12

Wow that is impressive. My prayer plant is thriving and I don’t even know why. I guess the light from that window just works well for him.

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#### Paulina | Semi-Hydro replied on 2025-07-12

Gorgeous!

### PlantMamaTiff commented on 2025-07-12

She’s gorgeous! What type of Calathea is this?

#### Paulina | Semi-Hydro replied on 2025-07-12

Calathea Warscewiczii 😊

### Rhus commented on 2025-07-12

Yooo I just stalked your profile and I am now way more excited to try semi-hydro. I've been putting it off because I'm nervous but your plants look amazing!

#### Paulina | Semi-Hydro replied on 2025-07-12

Haha thank you! I grow all my indoor plants in semi-hydro and I would never go back to soil! Definitely recommend! If you’re interested in learning I highly recommend looking up The Leca Queen on YouTube - she has a great beginner playlist ☺️

### Samantha S commented on 2025-07-14

Wow! What a beauty!

#### Paulina | Semi-Hydro replied on 2025-07-14

Thank you!

### Meryl H commented on 2025-07-18

Wow, beautiful! Mine is having a hard time right now, some drooping leaves \& some dry yellow parts at the end of some leaves. Some of the roots are also coming out of the drainage so it probably need a bigger pot? Any recommendations? Has yours always been in shade? Mine is part light, part shade so maybe thats not great. Thanks 🙏

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#### Paulina | Semi-Hydro replied on 2025-07-18

If possible I strongly recommend putting it in pon and a self watering pot. It’s how I keep all my prayer plants and they’re thriving. Mine used to sit under a grow light but I don’t think she liked it, she only started thriving when I moved her to a north facing window

### Motoxgirl17 commented on 2025-07-19

Hi Paulina! Super interested in the steps you took to recover your Jungle Velvet! Did your originally come to you in soil? I have used semi-hydro in the past. At what point did you switch yours to semi-hydro? Mine is in BAD shape. Trying to save it. Just made my first post about mine.

#### Paulina | Semi-Hydro replied on 2025-07-20

It came in soil as a quite large plant and I switched it to leca straight away. It did alright in that but didn’t thrive so I switched it to pon. It had a drama moment and dropped all leaves but one, thought she was a goner for a minute but she’s recovered and now looks like the does on the pic above ☺️ I do prefer pon to leca if you’re gonna do semi-hydro for calatheas

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