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title: "Philodendron Billie has these weird dark spots underneath, they don’t…"
description: "Philodendron Billie has these weird dark spots underneath, they don’t feel any different from the leaf but are new. Anyone know if this is normal or a sign of…"
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# Philodendron Billie has these weird dark spots underneath, they don’t…

_Publicado por Jojo el 2025-02-14_

Philodendron Billie has these weird dark spots underneath, they don’t feel any different from the leaf but are new. Anyone know if this is normal or a sign of an issue?

![Adjunto 1 de 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/JaZIy0cbOeXAEWi3g58mDIvr95u7_e1Wqv5CFCly-gg/a4P3k1WTSg-aI-Wh0OZhVg.webp?size=large)

## 10 comentarios

### Plantmom comentó el 2025-02-14

Did this happen after watering the plant?

#### Jojo respondió el 2025-02-14

Yes watered yesterday! And used a very small amount of neptunes fertilizer

#### Plantmom respondió el 2025-02-14

I’m not sure if this is the same issue but happened to my alocasia after watering it after it had dried out too much

#### Jojo respondió el 2025-02-14

I’m not great at telling when the plant needs water- it had been 1.5 weeks and I used a chopstick to attempt  
To check. it didn’t have actual dirt on it but the top of the chopstick was kind of stained brown when I pulled it out. I thought that was okay but maybe I watered too soon!

#### Plantmom respondió el 2025-02-14

To me it looks like edema due to irregular watering

### Sunny comentó el 2025-02-14

Looks like edema where the roots send too much water to the plant causing leaf cells to burst. It looks like oil stains on the back of the leaves especially on alocasias, syngoniums and philodendrons. The burst cell areas can dry out or leave pock marks on thicker leaves. Water consistently. Don’t let it get too dry. The cells loses its elasticity if it dries too much.

Water after more than half of the soil is dry. I wouldn’t wait until the soil is completely dried out like a cactus. Your other photos show the plant has dried out two much. Use a hygrometer to measure the humidity around the plant. 🪴🍀

### Carly comentó el 2025-02-14

Is this what’s happened to mine as well? Happened after a good watering with fertilizer

![Adjunto 1 de 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gyHQg9nAVZ0oiSHWXoTFxaDfwbhw4i_aeDrcvP9VaXA/9w3jOZXOQuiyk1jGjZtuGw.webp?size=large)

#### Plantmom respondió el 2025-02-14

It looks like that could be edema as well but hard to say I can’t really see the whole leaf

#### Carly respondió el 2025-02-14

![Adjunto 1 de 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gyHQg9nAVZ0oiSHWXoTFxaDfwbhw4i_aeDrcvP9VaXA/Z-23hMcgSuqCojU0Y9OPuA.webp?size=large)

### Jojo comentó el 2025-02-17

Just wanted to update he totally made a recovery the edema is gone, I will be watering more frequently, at 80% instead of bone dry from here on and will report back :)

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