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title: "Can someone please help. What might be the issue of this plant? I…"
description: "Can someone please help. What might be the issue of this plant? I think it’s a monstera? Or zebra pant? Same thing? Many thanks for your help."
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# Can someone please help. What might be the issue of this plant? I…

_Pubblicato da Tanya il 2024-04-16_

Can someone please help. What might be the issue of this plant? I think it’s a monstera? Or zebra pant? Same thing? Many thanks for your help.

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## 13 commenti

### Tellie ha commentato il 2024-04-16

Not a monstera or zebra. Looks like a dieffenbachia. I believe is how you spell it.  
They aren’t same thing.

#### Tanya ha risposto il 2024-04-16

Another name for it? I got it from ikea about 2 years ago

#### Tellie ha risposto il 2024-04-16

Prayer plant also known as Calathea?

### Shelby ha commentato il 2024-04-16

It’s some type of Calathea, but not sure if the specific variety. Mine have this problem when the humidity is too low.

#### Tellie ha risposto il 2024-04-16

Golden Mosaic?

#### Shelby ha risposto il 2024-04-16

Could be! It’s hard to tell with how damaged the leaf is. Mine is a zebra calathea and looks really similar to that but there are so many different types I can never tell unless they come with a tag lol.

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#### Tanya ha risposto il 2024-04-16

It had really soft velvety leaves. Do you think maybe it’s the hard water? Maybe it needs filtered watered?

#### Shelby ha risposto il 2024-04-16

It could be! I use plain tap water for mine and haven’t had problems but a lot of people do (I think I just got lucky that my water has very little lime). Try switching to either distilled water or filtered water that has some aquarium conditioner added to get rid of the remaining minerals in the water and see how it goes.

#### Tellie ha risposto il 2024-04-16

I use filtered water from the fridge or like the gallon jugs from Walmart.  
Our city water most of my plants did not like.  
Fridge water I fill the watering can the night before so it’s not cold.

### Kels ha commentato il 2024-04-16

My Calathea has the same problem and I think it’s because of too much like in the water. We have really hard water. Try repotting with fresh soil and only watering with filtered water. Those leaves will not get better but you’ll be able to tell with the new leaves if it’s working.

#### Tanya ha risposto il 2024-04-16

This is exactly wat I was reading about. Or it said about rain water too. Because we have really hard water.

### S.R ha commentato il 2024-04-16

While I agree with all the comments above regarding the plants ID and recommendations about water - I think I see some webbing in the picture when I zoom in. Have you ruled out pests like spider mites?

#### Tanya ha risposto il 2024-04-17

Webbing? Where, on the leaf? No, I’ll have to inspect closer. Thank you

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