Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Looking for help on the care of Stromanthe 'Burl Marx', 1 by nutsfordaylily

nutsfordaylily wrote:
I posted this in the Indoor Plants forums first, but thought I would post again here. I'm hoping someone here has experience with successfully growing Stromanthe. I have one I purchased at Stop and Shop some months ago and it's suffering. The variety is Burle Marx. It was beautiful and full when I bought it, and now it's quite sad, so tonight I looked up instructions on how to care for it, and it looks like it's not an easy one. Seems it likes pretty much moist, tropical conditions. My room where it is is generally warm, close to 70 most times, not usually below 65, but it's not humid (except during humid days in the summer). The plant isn't in direct sunlight, and I keep it moist. I have been watering with cold, hard water, though, which it doesn't like, so I'm going to get filtered water for it and keep at room temp. I have also put stones in the tray for it to sit on, so there can be water in it to provide humidity directly under it. I'm also going to start misting it on a regular basis. I want it to be happy and thrive. If this one ends up dying, as it might, I will try one more time with it. Hopefully I can get it on the road to recovery.

Karen

Here is a picture of it now.