brown tips on Alocasia Dragon Scale
Quick answer
If your Alocasia Dragon Scale has brown tips, the most likely cause is: Alocasia dragon scale evolved on shaded rainforest floors where ambient humidity stays high; in a typical home the air is much drier, so the broad, heavy-textured leaf tips of Alocasia baginda 'Dragon Scale' lose moisture faster than the roots can replace it and the tissue at the tip browns, crisps and dies back.
Start here:
- 1. Raise the ambient humidity around Alocasia dragon scale to about 60 percent using a humidifier placed near the plant, by grouping it with other tropical houseplants, or by setting the pot on a pebble tray filled with water so evaporation surrounds the foliage.
- 2. Switch to filtered, rainwater or distilled water if your tap water carries high fluoride, chlorine or dissolved salts, since these chemicals accumulate in leaf tips and compound the browning on Alocasia dragon scale.
Why Alocasia Dragon Scale gets brown tips
alocasia dragon scale
Alocasia dragon scale evolved on shaded rainforest floors where ambient humidity stays high; in a typical home the air is much drier, so the broad, heavy-textured leaf tips of Alocasia baginda 'Dragon Scale' lose moisture faster than the roots can replace it and the tissue at the tip browns, crisps and dies back.
How to reverse brown tips on Alocasia Dragon Scale
- 1
Raise the ambient humidity around Alocasia dragon scale to about 60 percent using a humidifier placed near the plant, by grouping it with other tropical houseplants, or by setting the pot on a pebble tray filled with water so evaporation surrounds the foliage.
- 2
Switch to filtered, rainwater or distilled water if your tap water carries high fluoride, chlorine or dissolved salts, since these chemicals accumulate in leaf tips and compound the browning on Alocasia dragon scale.
- 3
Trim the brown tips back to follow the natural leaf shape with sterilized scissors, leaving a thin brown margin so the cut tissue does not continue to die further down the leaf blade.
Keep brown tips off this Alocasia Dragon Scale
Hold humidity above 60 percent year-round, keep Alocasia dragon scale out of heating and air-conditioning drafts, and feed only during active growth with a balanced fertilizer so salt buildup in the soil does not scorch the leaf tips.