Calathea 'White Fusion'
3.4 out of 5 (24 experiences)
Browns easily
Pest magnet
About Calathea 'White Fusion'
Many of the houseplants we used to know as Calatheas now belong to the genus Goeppertia (say that three times fast). These plants have delightfully patterned leaves that come in all sorts of colors and shapes! Commonly known as prayer plants, the leaves of some species fold up at night through a process called nyctinasty meaning night movement! 😴
Taxonomy
Goeppertia 'White Fusion'
Goeppertia
Marantaceae
Zingiberales
How to care for Calathea 'White Fusion'
How often to water your Calathea 'White Fusion'
every 9
Calathea 'White Fusion' needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
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Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Calathea 'White Fusion' in your home
a window
Calathea 'White Fusion' may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Calathea 'White Fusion' in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Calathea 'White Fusion'
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Calathea 'White Fusion' after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Hello all- I woke up this morning to my plant looking like this. How can I help her?
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Help 🥲why is she browning at the edges?
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Not sure what’s wrong Its leaves really shriveled up. It was doing well the first 2 months I had it but once daylight savings occurred it started not doing very well. I thought it wasn’t getting enough sunlight anymore so I bought a grow light but it doesn’t seem to be doing any better. I water it about once a week.
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Calathea power Some of these Calatheas (Goeppertia) have such will at living. Unlike others (I am having a hard time making Dottie and Silver Plate happen, my Cora is also quite grumpy at the moment..) But the White Fusion! (That I have only heard bad things about). And Yellow Fusion, and Makoyana. They just want to live, no mather what, it seems. And therefore I also end up with waay too many of each of them🙈 (can't throw away a part of the root that wants to liiive right?). It is 1 and 1/2 month since I repotted my white fusion, and this part was "left over". The tried old leaves are gone, but we are having new growth 🤗🌱 (Don't get me wrong, I still have yellow leaves and crispy edges, but they want to liive😆) #happyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantaddict #calatheacrew #calatheawhitefusion #newgrowth #freshleaffriday #adhdplantlovers #calathea #calatheacorner #goeppertia
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CJ anyone tell me why my leaves re browning, not a lot just a little. Thank you!
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What are these browning edges? Do I need to cut them off?
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Second day in the new home and leaves are browning and curling 🥺 What’s going on? Is this just part transition to being in a new home or do I need to take action?
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Calathea leaves browning? My lovely white fusion calathea started losing all the green color, it just faded from the very vibrant way it started, and then leaves started yellowing/browning. I thought it might be getting sunburned so I moved it farther but that didn’t help. On the other hand there’s a new leaf that just popped up so it’s not totally dead. I know calatheas are a whole thing but I have quite a few and generally do very well with them. Thoughts?
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Leaves are getting discolored and the stem is falling off. Can you please help to fix?
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Crunchy Calathea White Fusion My calathea is looking rough. She came discounted as she had some slight cold burn from being shipped during the colder months, but now she’s even worse. I water whenever her leaves start to droop, to not overwater, but alllll of them are crunchy. I actually thought she was dead but there is new green growth poking up. What should I do?
Care Summary for Calathea 'White Fusion'
Calathea 'White Fusion'
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 3ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Browns easily 19
Pest magnet 7
Survivor 7
Large, lush leaves 4
Fast grower 4
03/05/2022
It’s a diva, at least for me. I can’t not make it happy
Browns easily
01/16/2022
This is a picky diva plant.
Browns easily
12/21/2021
Truly the impossible spoiled brat of the already bratty calathea family. Make sure you have a humidity dome or cabinet ready to go or she’ll stomp on your heart and laugh in your face as she lets spider mites drag her to the underworld
Browns easily
Pest magnet
11/06/2021
Propagation of this plant is prohibited by law. Just thought I'd post this since Greg might not say.
10/28/2021
THIS WOMAN IS SO DRAMATIC. I don’t water it for two days and it’s like “I want to die”. Frustrating. But I think if you have a good source of humidity it might like you.
Browns easily
09/10/2021
Huge diva she used to look so lush but started crisping and dying because of a spider mite infestation and low humidity. I used a pebble tray to increase the humidity around it and used dish soap and water to kill the mites and shes looking a bit better now - do your research when you get this plant because i didn’t until she started dying
Survivor
Pest magnet
Browns easily
08/27/2021
This plant is a bit of a diva but if you don’t overwater it and give it lots of humidity it will thrive!
Survivor
Browns easily
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
08/26/2021
DRAMA QUEEN! But so pretty. So we relate to each other.
Browns easily
07/19/2021
Very picky… does best with distilled water, indirect light and high humidity
Fast grower
Browns easily
06/02/2021
This is my second high maintenance beauty. I thought we were in the clear when I almost lost her to spider mites.
Perhaps cousins of the mites that killed my first plant.
I love this plant because it was my first and I've had to learn so much because of how high maintenance it is.
She and now her twin made me a plant mom.
Survivor
Pest magnet
Browns easily
05/27/2021
requires high humidity but is gorgeous if you can do it !
Browns easily
05/21/2021
Gf got this for me as a gift from Hurts Gardens and it was in TERRIBLE shape when it got to us. I would not recommend purchasing from Hurts because the calathea was “Hurts when it got here” as my girlfriend jokingly said. The plant however has bounced back and is doing well. Water with filtered only. Love the beautiful foliage.
Large, lush leaves
05/20/2021
I have mixed feeling about this beautiful diva plant. It’s so gorgeous when it’s at its top shape, but as a newbie, I’m still struggling to keep/restore it to its best look. Surprisingly, it doesn’t die on me, just brown very very easy but hanging in there. So after almost half a year of frustration, it’s still here. It’s been pushing out a few new shoots this spring but definitely not back to how it was.
Survivor
Browns easily
05/14/2021
This plant really stresses me out 😅
Browns easily
05/07/2021
I’m a glutton for punishment and against everyone’s advice I got a White Fusion. It shriveled up and become crispy just as everyone had said she would. I tried humidifiers, my plastic indoor greenhouse.. and she wasn’t having it. Finally i placed her under a glass cloche and she slowly grew all new leaves and is thriving. She will never be leaving the cloche. If you get one of these get a class cloche or put it in a terrarium.
03/14/2021
They like to be misted regularly and this makes them really happy and grow a lot! I love the white watercolor look on the leaves. Gets crispy leaves easily.
Fast grower
Browns easily
03/12/2021
Hard to keep looking nice. She’s very dramatic but so worth it
Browns easily
Large, lush leaves
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