last pic.. as compared to the others. makes it look rather yellow .. is that a camera trick??

whats in the pot.. all those clay balls... just decorative mulch ... or some new age potting media???

notice all the scars on the 4 branches.. all those are from older leaves falling off ... its cyclical and annual ... have many of them fallen off this winter??.. im WONDERING... of some of what you are seeing.. is that the plant just looks messy ... because all those old leaves are clogging up the space between the 4 ... its the long older leaves that are droopy ... it sure looks like all your newest growth is upright .. in other words.. maybe nothing is wrong that a little selective removal of older leaves might help make it look better ...

lets see if anyone agrees with that ...

ken

ps: tell me about the light in the first pic.. do you think it does much???

Hello Ken!

Thanks so much for replying.

Yes, the leaves are slightly paler than the other green ones.

The 'clay balls' are LECA. It is indeed a kind of mulch to protect the soil. I've been told they actually absorb humidity to keep the soil kind of damp.

Hmm..about the leaves dropping...I live in tropical Singapore where its spring all year round. The leaves dont drop as much as I kind of cut them off when they get almost all brown.

It seems like some of the old leaves are not standing as upright as they all did in my very first pic so that worries me. I know what you mean about how some of the leaves are drooping...I've looked closer and realised their bases are quite thin and so it becomes top heavy and droops down.

About the lamp..it's purely aesthetic. Does not do much at all!

I asked an FB group on gardening and they told me to try spraying Mr Gannick Foliar Fertiliser on the leaves so I've tried that today. I'll keep this updated.

Thanks again, Ken.