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title: "Hoping for some guidance from someone with more experience with…"
description: "Hoping for some guidance from someone with more experience with Caladiums than I have. I bought her about a week ago from a nursery. She came home standing…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/649990252be1997a27a6fa3a"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "CraiCrai"
published: "2023-06-26T13:18:29.551Z"
language: "en"
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# Hoping for some guidance from someone with more experience with…

_Posted by CraiCrai on 2023-06-26_

Hoping for some guidance from someone with more experience with Caladiums than I have. I bought her about a week ago from a nursery. She came home standing nice and tall and now she’s beginning to sag.

Is this something I should stake up and reinforce, or is this ‘ok’ and I leave it alone?

Also - silly question but is the new growth a new leaf or a flower coming in?

Any help / tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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## 2 comments

### anneliese commented on 2023-06-26

i think you should leave it, in my experience staking the plant usually ends in the leaf dying. and that’s a new leaf, a flower usually only appears outside and has a white tip and a bulbous base

### Amaris commented on 2023-06-26

It could be reaching towards the light. Is it leaning towards a window?

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