I bought a “High Plus++” variegation chonk cutting from an Etsy albo monstera seller with thousands of great reviews. When I received the original cutting the actual growth point itself had maybe a sliver of white through it despite the stem having a lot of white (any unknowing person would’ve been thrilled)! So I nicely demanded they cover shipping and send me a new, and I would return theirs to them….after a bit of arguing she agreed. The next cutting I received was a mid cut with a high variegation leaf attached (probably to woo me) and the growth point was decently variegated. However, they left maybe an inch (or less) of growth from the node itself, on one side. I’ll attach pictures of everything btw. Anyway, I put in fluval stratum with no water reservoir at the bottom, literally just wet fluval. It has started to rot. Both from the root and stem.
Is it a goner?
***First 3 pictures are from the cuts I’ve madewhat worries me is the black dot on the node 😢.
***Last 3 pictures are from the day I received it (I know, they’re shitty pictures, I only remembered to take pics when I had it inside the cup and didn’t want to take it back out).
by daddyslittlecumdumps
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I’m not too familiar with this specific type of monstera but it seems like it’s been over hydrated, maybe try leaving it out in the sun to callous over a little bit before reintroducing it to the fluvial?
Anyone who has prior knowledge, please weigh in
I wonder could it be too humid? 🤔🤷🏽♀️
Have you thought about Perlite? I murdered a node that I think I was also “wooed” into – but that was my fault for not vetting – the seller took pictures like a real estate agent and it def looked bigger than it was. I have another one I am rooting in Perlite – I’ve heard really good things about that method. Especially after a tragic rotting accident. I think, as another poster mentioned, some Albos want to live while others choose to die – I’m rooting two now and neither one has a bit of rot – I couldn’t stop it on the first one and it was so tiny there was no chance for error
This has bacterial disease. You can see the infected xylem sap. This is teaming with bacterial pathogens and it’s extremely contagious.