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title: "The sides of my calathea are wavy. It was shipped to me and I just…"
description: "The sides of my calathea are wavy. It was shipped to me and I just planted it yesterday. Is it shock from transporting? The leaves didn’t look like…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/64ee10b7a55e55f762f0fbe8"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "NicoleD"
published: "2023-08-29T15:37:27.284Z"
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# The sides of my calathea are wavy. It was shipped to me and I just…

_Posted by NicoleD on 2023-08-29_

The sides of my calathea are wavy. It was shipped to me and I just planted it yesterday. Is it shock from transporting? The leaves didn’t look like thisbyesterday

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/42ylPkGSk3eJuJimycrndWE6Fn1AOmtTsJ-MWarU-JE/2bccba67a6c243cebfaa148a26c975b7.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### Plant Father commented on 2023-08-29

it looks healthy to me, shock looks more like wilting or lower leaves yellowing

### Valerie commented on 2023-08-30

Mine did this when I first got it too. I don’t know for sure but I always thought it might be doing that so it’s leaves can detect where sunlight will come from so it knows what direction to face :)

### Danika commented on 2023-09-26

That is the normal healthy shape of these leafs.

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