yellow leaves on Aspidistra Elatior
Quick answer
If your Aspidistra Elatior has yellow leaves, the most likely cause is: When the air around the plant is too dry, the leaf edges turn brown and papery and whole leaves start to yellow as moisture is pulled out of the broad, leathery foliage faster than the rhizomes can replace it through the roots.
Start here:
- 1. Stand the pot on a tray of wet pebbles or surround it with moist peat to raise the humidity immediately around the leaves.
- 2. Mist-spray the foliage regularly, but use rainwater rather than hard mains water to avoid lime deposits on the waxy leaf surface.
Why Aspidistra Elatior gets yellow leaves
Aspidistra Elatior
When the air around the plant is too dry, the leaf edges turn brown and papery and whole leaves start to yellow as moisture is pulled out of the broad, leathery foliage faster than the rhizomes can replace it through the roots.
How to reverse yellow leaves on Aspidistra Elatior
- 1
Stand the pot on a tray of wet pebbles or surround it with moist peat to raise the humidity immediately around the leaves.
- 2
Mist-spray the foliage regularly, but use rainwater rather than hard mains water to avoid lime deposits on the waxy leaf surface.
Keep yellow leaves off this Aspidistra Elatior
Keep the aspidistra out of dry heat sources and group it with other humidity-loving plants so the indoor microclimate stays stable around the broad leaves year-round.