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Drooping Monstera and Peace Lily

Hello all,


I have a peace lily (purchased from Ikea) and a Monstera (purchased from a local pop-up shop). Both are drooping (underwatering?). The peace lily stems are typically quite vertical, but become very horizontal when they droop, while the leaves on the monstera begin to sag. We have been doing our best to keep the soil of both evenly moist without overwatering. The Monstera also has some brown spots on one leaf that might be signs of overwatering. I'm wondering what the issue might be, because these signs seem contradictory.

Here are some photos of both:


Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3 | Photo 4 | Photo 5 | Photo 6


Thank you in advance!

Comments (4)

  • 5 years ago

    Hey, just a heads up that you might get more responses if you upload the photos directly to Houzz rather than adding several links.


    Peace Lily’s are *incredibly* thirsty. I water mine probably 2-3 times more often than most of my other plants.

    How do you water both? With a cup/can or soak in the shower/bath? How far down do you let the medium dry out before rewatering? Do they both have a means for

    water to escape from the bottom of the pot?

    Droopiness is a tough one because too much water can cause rot and they droop; too little water and there’s not enough keeping the stems and leaves flush also causing drooping! *Crispy* brown edges is usually underwatering and browning on the leaves surrounded by yellow (or yellowing of the leaves, then browning follows) is usually overwatering.

    plantymcplantface thanked Chloé
  • 5 years ago

    When leaves wilt it could be sign of underwatering and overwatering. Check soil .
    I found u quick video.
    https://youtu.be/_8GcYVdAPy4

    plantymcplantface thanked Shoody Plant
  • 5 years ago

    I agree with Chloe - post the pictures directly in your post is more efficient than inserting links to pictures one by one.

    That said, both plants look healthy to me. Peace lilies are thirsty and will spring back even when they are in severe wilt after being watered thoroughly. Let the soil dry out some between watering though and you should be good. Both plants are tough as nails.

    One of my peace lilies May 20 when I took it outside for the summer. Added soil, removed the old brown and yellowing leaves and gave it a much needed drink before putting it out under the trees for summer.

    Same plant September 19.

    I will be moving it back indoors for the winter later this month and repeat the process year after year after year. I've had this since 92 or 97 as a gift plant from either my grandmother's or my brother's funeral. The other peace lily is a smaller variety and just as hardy as the first one.

    Again, tough as nails.

    My one and only monstera top broke off last year bringing it back inside for winter. The top has lived in a trug since last November with either flooding (rain) or completely dry as I drain off excess water to prevent mosquitoes. This is the top that has lived in this container for nearly a year. The water in there is from Hurricane Sally when the remnants passed through our area a day earlier.

    August 12 after draining the previous water. There is an philodendron in there as well. Tough as nails.

    plantymcplantface thanked hc mcdole
  • 5 years ago

    Thanks for all the responses so far folks, and for the pointers on how to best post pictures. We have slowly begun watering the peace lilies more often as we notice that it does tend to rebound after a watering, and are now up to maybe twice a week, which is definitely more often than the other plants. Chloe, in response to your questions about watering, both are drained (monstera is about to be moved from its nursery planter to a larger drained pot) Aside from one shower given to the Monstera, we water both with a can and try to let the medium get just barely moist before rewatering—but not parched. Thanks hc mcdole for giving perspective on the range of conditions these plants can endure!