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title: "Any Calathea lovers out there that can help me figuring out why this…"
description: "Any Calathea lovers out there that can help me figuring out why this beauty is yellowing and jamming?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/648caa75c23b5f51a94c51a3"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Another Person"
published: "2023-06-16T18:31:17.509Z"
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# Any Calathea lovers out there that can help me figuring out why this…

_Posted by Another Person on 2023-06-16_

Any Calathea lovers out there that can help me figuring out why this beauty is yellowing and jamming?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KnkK4cgPP6tKzH666khEQCMl8O5jeCiUocBWplkbc_c/6320574f9515439d817058f26a546d5c.webp?size=large)

## 7 comments

### Corinne commented on 2023-06-16

Looks like it’s not getting enough humidity and maybe too much water

### Kae commented on 2023-06-16

Because caletheas are jerks! But seriously, lack of humidity I bet. What kind of water do you use? Caletheas aren’t fans of tap water. distilled and purified are usually good

#### Charlotte replied on 2023-06-16

My jerk is doing the same thing 😅 will try what you have said aswell!!

### Another Person commented on 2023-06-16

Thank you all! I just got distilled water for this Ornata and a rattlesnake Calathea that I rescued recently. I’ll keep y’all posted if the issue is humidity or the water. I know that they adjust to your House temperature after couple of months, but that of course comes with a cost of losing a lot of leaves. I lost 20 leaves when I brought this home. It made me depressed until last week that I saw 5 babies coming to life!

#### Rhonda replied on 2023-06-17

I didn’t know Rattlesnake Calatheas don’t like tap water

#### Another Person replied on 2023-06-17

They are sensitive to chlorine in the tap water.

### Another Person commented on 2023-06-16

These are the one week old babies :)

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KnkK4cgPP6tKzH666khEQCMl8O5jeCiUocBWplkbc_c/eed908750abb4e97b746979c876a6310.webp?size=large)

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