brown tips on Calathea Makoyana Peacock
Quick answer
If your Calathea Makoyana Peacock has brown tips, the most likely cause is: Calathea makoyana is a tropical rainforest plant from Brazil that needs consistently high humidity around 80°F/26°C year-round; when household air becomes too dry the leaf edges and tips desiccate, turn brown and become papery, and fluoride or hardness in tap water worsens the scorch by depositing lime on the foliage.
Start here:
- 1. Stand the pot on a tray of wet pebbles or surround the pot with peat that is kept permanently moist so a humid microclimate forms around the foliage.
- 2. Mist-spray the plant daily using soft rainwater rather than tap water to raise humidity and avoid leaving lime marks on the leaves that mark or scorch the tissue.
Why Calathea Makoyana Peacock gets brown tips
calathea makoyana peacock
Calathea makoyana is a tropical rainforest plant from Brazil that needs consistently high humidity around 80°F/26°C year-round; when household air becomes too dry the leaf edges and tips desiccate, turn brown and become papery, and fluoride or hardness in tap water worsens the scorch by depositing lime on the foliage.
How to reverse brown tips on Calathea Makoyana Peacock
- 1
Stand the pot on a tray of wet pebbles or surround the pot with peat that is kept permanently moist so a humid microclimate forms around the foliage.
- 2
Mist-spray the plant daily using soft rainwater rather than tap water to raise humidity and avoid leaving lime marks on the leaves that mark or scorch the tissue.
- 3
Move the plant out of direct sunlight and into medium, dappled light such as a tree-shaded window so the leaves transpire less and the tips are not further desiccated.
Keep brown tips off this Calathea Makoyana Peacock
Maintain stable warmth of 16°C/61°F minimum year-round and 21°C/70°F maximum in summer, keep humidity high by daily misting with rainwater, and never let the compost dry out fully because the thin foliage marks immediately when transpiration outpaces moisture uptake.