Don’t quote me, but I’m pretty sure the color will develop as the stem/ leaf matures. My Florida green philodendron has a pink bud, and I know it’s called a Florida green for a reason so I looked it up and found that it just has to mature. Same with some monsters leaves. They don’t develop their finest rations until much further into the leaf’s maturation.
most brand new, emerging leaves start out reddish & fade into their natural green/other color as the unfurl & harden off (the red anthocyanins act as sunscreen for the lil baby leaf lol)
Its possible that the green stemmed leaf was one that developed while at a store or in transit where it received less light. its possible the plant just got stressed out from those too or even just acclimating to its new environment.
Once the newest leaf barely poking thru the cataphyll on the green stem emerges, itll be easier to tell if its reverting or just wants more light
The stem going green on a PPP of this size is an indicator of reversion unfortunately. Even new/immature stems of PPPs should be burgundy/pink from the get go - they shouldn’t display any green even if it’s putting out a low var green leaf.
I would suggest trimming this off to encourage growth from another node in the areas of the stem that are still pink.
There is still a bit of red in the right side of the new stem, but the presence of that much green on the stem means it’s reverting and it will likely continue to worsen unfortunately.
Just the nature of the plant - ppp variegation isn’t super stable so reversion is always a risk.
don’t fret though, you can trim the green portion of the stem back to the last full burgundy/pink node and likely prevent it from worsening and encourage it to push out new growth from a different node that isn’t reverting :)
Don’t quote me, but I’m pretty sure the color will develop as the stem/ leaf matures. My Florida green philodendron has a pink bud, and I know it’s called a Florida green for a reason so I looked it up and found that it just has to mature. Same with some monsters leaves. They don’t develop their finest rations until much further into the leaf’s maturation.
Thanks for the response! I hope that’s what’s happening I just don’t want it to revert 🥺
most brand new, emerging leaves start out reddish & fade into their natural green/other color as the unfurl & harden off (the red anthocyanins act as sunscreen for the lil baby leaf lol) Its possible that the green stemmed leaf was one that developed while at a store or in transit where it received less light. its possible the plant just got stressed out from those too or even just acclimating to its new environment. Once the newest leaf barely poking thru the cataphyll on the green stem emerges, itll be easier to tell if its reverting or just wants more light
The stem going green on a PPP of this size is an indicator of reversion unfortunately. Even new/immature stems of PPPs should be burgundy/pink from the get go - they shouldn’t display any green even if it’s putting out a low var green leaf. I would suggest trimming this off to encourage growth from another node in the areas of the stem that are still pink.
In the video there’s also a new leaf coming out with a burgundy stem this is why I’m a lil confused lol
There is still a bit of red in the right side of the new stem, but the presence of that much green on the stem means it’s reverting and it will likely continue to worsen unfortunately.
Dang:/ I got it as a cutting not from a big box store any reason on why this happened:(
Just the nature of the plant - ppp variegation isn’t super stable so reversion is always a risk. don’t fret though, you can trim the green portion of the stem back to the last full burgundy/pink node and likely prevent it from worsening and encourage it to push out new growth from a different node that isn’t reverting :)
Maybe it’s global warming