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title: "My birken has put out whiter and whiter leaves every time and now…"
description: "My birken has put out whiter and whiter leaves every time and now this one looks different. I was told by a friend it is converting back to being a red Congo!…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/647e101f63d7c36e6a662c13"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Cassafrass"
published: "2023-06-05T16:41:03.558Z"
language: "en"
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# My birken has put out whiter and whiter leaves every time and now…

_Posted by Cassafrass on 2023-06-05_

My birken has put out whiter and whiter leaves every time and now this one looks different. I was told by a friend it is converting back to being a red Congo! Have you heard of this?

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## 8 comments

### Poppy Pothead commented on 2023-06-05

Yes, I’ve heard of them reverting to Red Congo. Mine hasn’t yet 😊

### Nina commented on 2023-06-06

If it was reverting it would be all green and and not white. I have leaves like this where just a section is green but since then 10 leaves w usual birkin variagation

#### Cassafrass replied on 2023-06-07

I sure hope so! I love the Birkin and how it looks!

#### Nina replied on 2023-07-01

The leaf I am holding has a solid patch. Clearly nothing since :)

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2P0gC-UUzkOtHRIG8UG-OOi3j6tx1tParnBucgGuqr0/1612233395a9493796795cbb79b7cc8a.webp?size=large)

### Plantsarelife commented on 2023-06-06

Wow beautiful however white leaves mean no clorofyl which means it’s not helping the plant in any way so it is sometimes better to trim off these leave s

#### Cassafrass replied on 2023-06-07

Oh no! Not sure my heart will let me do that! But I’ll think about it!

#### Plantsarelife replied on 2023-06-29

If you leave it on you may start to see some brown crunches

### Yousigifi commented on 2023-06-08

Wow!

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