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title: "If a plant loses its variegation/reverts to original, is there any…"
description: "If a plant loses its variegation/reverts to original, is there any hope of the variegation coming back?"
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# If a plant loses its variegation/reverts to original, is there any…

_Posted by User123 on 2025-04-29_

If a plant loses its variegation/reverts to original, is there any hope of the variegation coming back?

## 4 comments

### Sunny commented on 2025-04-29

It can lose its variegation with too little light. You might be able to get new growth with variegations by cutting off all the non variegated vines/stems below the last leaf that showed the variegations. Then, placing it in brighter light.

#### User123 replied on 2025-04-29

Thank you

#### Sunny replied on 2025-04-29

You’re welcome. Here’s a photo of my Philodendron Rio variegations that grew back after cutting off the solid color leaves plus one variegated leaf. I moved it closer to the window for more light.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/l4sKsPp-SSSEaIq6JFs5HQ.webp?size=large)

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-04-30

There's hope to get it back. Up the light, and you can also cut the plant back to a varigated stem

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