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Aglaonema "Siam Aurora"

10 years ago

I bought this around Christmas time, it was a bit sickly upon buying & I trimmed a few leaves. It seemed to be doing well. Since then I have moved & lighting has changed. I can see it needs to be repotted, it is still in store soil & the soil is rather low...but I'm in MN & trying to hold out until spring. My question is...does it look dire? It hasn't been losing leaves but lightening in color & generally looking sad. Perhaps it's not so bad & I can hold out for 2 months or so?

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  • 10 years ago

    it's looking quite all right, but it's not getting enough light. Indoors it does best in warm eastern and even partially shaded western window, where it can get sev hours of low slanting sun. If it doesn't - you get pale leaves with almost no pink.

    where is it now?

    It prefers rather warm temps - at least in the 70s, 75F would be better.

    and at least 50% humidity - the more the better.

    pot size is fine. but if you want to repot it - it's better done in early spring, right about now. and try not to bother the roots too much - like don't trim them if they are healthy. they should be white and fleshy. if they are brown - you're watering too much, then trim them to healthy white portion, of course.

    don't let it dry out too much - at most half the pot depth. and don't soak it, if it's in peaty mix - see what's in the pot now. IF it's potted in coir dust (crumbly little grainy pallets of coconut 'dust' - leftover from coco-chip processing) - it's fine, it won't rot the roots and drains very fast. IF it's in peat - it's very easy to overwater and changing mix would be best. but again - if you see that roots are healthy - perhaps best to wait until next year. it's easier to maintain it as rootbound, if you're an over-waterer ;).

  • 10 years ago

    "it's very easy to overwater"

    It just occurred to me that the popular fuss in these fora about overwatering and planting media wouldn't exist, if everyone used plastic nursery pots with multiple holes in the bottom with some holes extending up the sides. My hypothesis is that those common problems are caused by decorative pots that foster overwatering and people are trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. The decorative pot is the sow's ear.

  • 10 years ago

    Yes, the aforementioned plant is in a plastic nursery pot, the same it was purchased in. The decorative pot is nothing more than that, decorative. I see new growth on this plant now & am hopeful.

  • 10 years ago

    Is the "decorative pot" some kind of outer contained without any holes at the bottom? I ask because I see no saucer at the bottom to catch excess water from the inner nursery pot and I assume that you don't let water flow out onto your furniture. How do you know how much water accumulates at the bottom?

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    and by the way your ag is not 'Siam Aurora'.

    this is what SA looks like here

    (it has well defined red margin and a totally different leaf pattern)

    yours looks more like this

    i have it too - it needs a few hours of early or late sun to keep bright vivid pink, else it becomes much paler, almost creamy-pink.

    blytheinspired thanked petrushka (7b)
  • 10 years ago

    Yes, I noticed after the post I did not have the correct name. I have it in an east window and the days are lengthening here so hopefully it will perk up. I see new growth now. Thank you!

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    It looks like an Exotic Angel/ Costa Farms plant which means it's probably Anyanmanee.

  • 10 years ago

    Anyamanee is a common name, botanical name is A.'Dud Unyamanee'


  • 10 years ago

    Hmmm good to know.

  • 10 years ago

    blytheinspired:

    I agree with the others --- be sure your plant isn't getting overwatered (I let the top inch or so of the potting mix dry before watering mine again). How much light does yours get? The coloration to me doesn't look like it's in a spot that's too dim, but more light (as long as it's not too much direct sun) rarely hurts any indoor plant. We use a timed-release fertilizer in our potting mix that lasts several months, but if you want to fertilize with a general-purpose houseplant product, that can also help spur on a little more new growth.

    ---Justin, Costa Farms

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