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| It happens, sometimes within 1 day, sometimes it creeps up slowly over a few weeks. Show us your sunburned leaves. I have others, but here's a couple to start. Philodendron is obvious, where part of the leaf was shaded by the porch roof and the lower part got burned from exposure. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Fri, Dec 7, 12 at 12:21
| Dracaena deremensis. |
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- Posted by aseedisapromise z4.5 SD (My Page) on Tue, Dec 11, 12 at 18:22
| So, no one wants to fess up. Well I have some. Like my jade. |
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| What's sun? |
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| Okay... I confess... I do have a bulb that's a bit burnt on a leaf tip... but it's from too much fertilizer. I mixed a bit too heavily in one gallon container, I think... oops! No photo, though. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 16:48
| Flora, LOL! It's been cloudy here a lot more than usual too. Not a fan! Fittonia. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 16:49
| Anthurium. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 16:52
| Aglaonema. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 16:54
| This has progressed to dead spots, should have taken this pic sooner when it was clearer. Dieffenbachia. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 16:59
| These all happened this fall, when the sun's angle got so low there wasn't enough shade on the front porch. A learning experience and the bar is set to do better by these plants next summer. |
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- Posted by aseedisapromise z4.5 SD (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 17:33
| Isn't it nice that there is always something to learn! We can always do better, except for those times when we don't. Those times are okay, too. I really miss the E/W covered porches I had at my other house. Sun and/or light could come in under the roof some, and yet the plants were protected from the odd hail and rain. Here I have a sort of silly, hot south-facing corner-of-a-tall-fence sitting area with a roof, but it is really hot there in summer. It was really hot last spring, and I put my bay tree out on a day that was hotter than I expected. Here's my bay tree now. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 12:45
| I think these Philo leaves have burned while inside, in east window. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 12:48
| Looks like a burned spot on Philo 'Micans.' Sorry newer Philos, I now realize you're not all like plain green heart-leaf kind I've had forever. |
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- Posted by asarumgreenpanda z6 MA (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 22:41
| Purple. thanks for posting these. It's good to know one isn't alone with one's sunburned plant--it happens to many of us. I agree with aseedisapromise that it's nice there's always something to learn. Here is my philo gloriosum, still growing out of a bad, over-heated moment this summer. I'm not sure whether this is due to sunburn or more general heat stress. It occurred, all at once, on every leaf the plant had at the time. New leaves don't have it. Amanda |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Mon, Feb 4, 13 at 9:06
| Yeah, the least I can do if I mess up like that is share it, right? I'm not to proud to share bad examples. Hmm, not totally sure that's "regular" sunburn on your leaf. Could it have gotten too much sun while it had water on its' leaves? That would qualify as sunburn. I don't know what else might do that. Glad the new leaves are unmarred, looks like a pretty plant! |
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- Posted by asarumgreenpanda z6 MA (My Page) on Mon, Feb 4, 13 at 11:14
| It's ideal to learn from one's own mistakes. It's ideally generous to allow others to learn from them. The damage on my philo's leaves came from a combination of too hot, too dry (soil), too sunny. It's my fault; I was growing it in more light than it wants in an attempt to get it to look less sprawling. After that leaf damage, which I consider the plant's way of having the "love me for who I am and don't try to change me" talk with me, I modified my behavior. Our relationship is going much better now. ;) I should have included something in the photo to show size. That leaf is about 10" long. Amanda |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Mon, Feb 4, 13 at 11:53
| Wow! That is a big leaf, hard to tell from a pic. Not familiar with that Philo, is it a vine or one of the uprights? I usually burn every plant I get, sort of accidentally but not completely, looking for the max amount of sun they can handle. The tricky ones are those that take days or weeks for the sunburn to become visible. "Our relationship is going much better now." Hahaha! |
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- Posted by asarumgreenpanda z6 MA (My Page) on Mon, Feb 4, 13 at 17:54
| That semi-accidental sunburning is a worthwhile experiment. P gloriosum grows along the ground. It has soil-surface-level stems (rhizomes?) that root as they go along, but I don't believe it climbs and it's definitely not upright or self-heading. It sends out very large leaves at what seem like kind-of random angles. The leaves are so beautiful, though, they're worth the sometimes awkward-looking growth habit. For looking so exotic, it's easy to grow in a regular house, although perhaps not easy to grow to absolute, spotless perfection. The new leaves scar easily. Amanda |
Here is a link that might be useful: some more P. gloriosum info
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