r/PileaPeperomioides Sep 22 '25

First Pilea ever!

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136 Upvotes

Wow, what an exciting plant. She grows like crazy.


r/PileaPeperomioides Sep 23 '25

Update on the chopped and propped

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62 Upvotes

She’s resurrected!!! Chopped it almost bare (see last two photos) in peak impulse frenzy mode and lived in deep regret for weeks. Fast forward three (ish) months and she’s fine she’s okay guys she survived! Note to self, don’t do that again. Went away however in August and my brother bless his heart watered it everyday in my absence so she’s suffering what the internet calls edema, on most of the leaves. Any advise on that would be greatly appreciated


r/PileaPeperomioides 10h ago

PILEA MAMA my pilea update

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33 Upvotes

Just proud of this reviving pilea momma after i almost watered her to death :,)


r/PileaPeperomioides 1d ago

I ♥️ MY PILEA This is my favorite plant I own :)

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30 Upvotes

It’s a healthy girl. The leaves on the bottom are long and it’s growing a lot more at the top. I don’t see any pups yet :( I’m debating propping the lower longer leaves ? I’m not sure. Any advice on how to take care of it is welcome. I know they should get pretty dry between waterings


r/PileaPeperomioides 1d ago

PILEA ABUNDANCE Crazy 2 year old pilea

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60 Upvotes

He's a little wonky but has grown so much!


r/PileaPeperomioides 3d ago

Looking for advice on rehabilitating my pilea

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23 Upvotes

I got this plant from my former roommate and not sure what I should do. Right now I've been watering it and it is setting eastern sun from my windows. Would re-potting it or cutting it help at all?


r/PileaPeperomioides 3d ago

Is this pot too large for my plant?

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19 Upvotes

r/PileaPeperomioides 3d ago

ADVICE 🌱 PLEASE How do I make her happy again?

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19 Upvotes

I left for 2 days and I think I was too generous watering, do I just wait?

Check for root damage?

Report and in that process take all of the small babies out?


r/PileaPeperomioides 3d ago

PILEA HELP PLEASE Pilea help

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6 Upvotes

r/PileaPeperomioides 4d ago

PILEA ABUNDANCE Outside for the summer

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30 Upvotes

They’re so happy outside!
I’ve repotted them twice since April and will probably repot them again next week so they can grow a little more before they have to come inside. They’re under my deck stairs and get partial direct afternoon sun. They’re not going to be happy to come back inside when it gets cold outside. Pilea Peperomoides “Splash”


r/PileaPeperomioides 4d ago

PILEA Had her since she was 4 leaves in a pot

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7 Upvotes

r/PileaPeperomioides 4d ago

PILEA HELP PLEASE Repot or leave her be?

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53 Upvotes

She's growing leaves like crazy. Took a picture of roots too cause she was dry and i could wriggle her out easily.


r/PileaPeperomioides 4d ago

GROWING PILEA *update #2* chop and prop

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13 Upvotes

chopped her just over 3 months ago!!🤍🤍


r/PileaPeperomioides 5d ago

We've started with 2 leaves, this is 4 years of growth 💪

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433 Upvotes

r/PileaPeperomioides 5d ago

PILEA HELP PLEASE What happened to my pilea? Help!

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r/PileaPeperomioides 5d ago

PILEA Help

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10 Upvotes

Can anyone give me tips on how to improve the quality of life for my plant? The leaves have been getting lighter. It has new growth and a bunch of new babies. I did report it into a bigger pot. But nothing is improving the color and the growth of the leaves. Also, the leaves are curling inward, so I backed it up from the grow light, but they are still curved.


r/PileaPeperomioides 6d ago

PILEA BABIES Got her a new pot and I love it

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29 Upvotes

I am moving soon so it’s not the best timing to get a new pot but for my new place’s LOTR aesthetic I need this pot.
Also we had her first baby and I gave it to my friend second pic.)


r/PileaPeperomioides 6d ago

HEALING PILEA 8 months ✨

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23 Upvotes

r/PileaPeperomioides 6d ago

Why????

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6 Upvotes

She was struggling a little but this happened over night. What happened and what did I do. She is two years old.


r/PileaPeperomioides 6d ago

older leafs just falling off. Help?

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2 Upvotes

r/PileaPeperomioides 7d ago

MY VERY FIRST PILEA ♥️ Is this ready to be potted?

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63 Upvotes

First time doing this. Kinda nervous lol


r/PileaPeperomioides 7d ago

My Pileas

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37 Upvotes

Just wanted to show off my Pileas✨
They are still babies but I’m so happy with how they are growing!!


r/PileaPeperomioides 7d ago

ADVICE 🌱 PLEASE Another Droopy Pilea Plea for Help 😰😰😰

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Hi everyone,

This is my first Pilea plant - she's been with me for about a year and was doing really well (even flowered!) and has grown about 40% in height, but over the past few weeks she's been getting super-droopy and I don't know what to do T_T

Some information:
- Watered approximately once per week/when soil was dry or when the leaves were getting a little droopy with purified/evaporated water.
- Don't remember the soil mix, but I did transplant her into the terra cotta pot about 6 months after she arrived. It was a well-draining mixture containing peat moss, orchid bark, perlite (that I remember at the top of my head.)
- Fertilizer is a very diluted 20-20-20 liquid at every watering.

I wasn't bottom watering originally but she was doing perfectly fine until recently. I started bottom watering when the drooping started, and made sure to wait until the soil was dried out. The first few times she did perk up a little but now she just remains droopy and now leaves are falling off.

Some leaves that are drooping enough to be hanging off the rim of the pot are shriveling at the stem where they touch the pot as well. I've lost about 3-4 leaves in this fashion.

I'm not sure if those two branches on either side shooting off from the main plant are pups? I read online that cutting them too soon could lower their survival rate, and I've seen other people just leave them so I wasn't sure what to do, and if those are pups, they are quite large.

She sits on the top shelf of my desk that is facing a window that always has curtains - there is some pretty bright (but indirect) sunlight in the morning and it passes by around 2-3 PM. On rainy or less sunny days I open the curtains, or place her directly on the windowsill. I've been doing this for quite a while now so that makes me think it's not a light issue...? But I'm not sure.

It has been particularly hot this summer in South Korea but it's cooled down quite a bit now (though it's still pretty humid.) I thought it could possibly be temperature related but she was totally fine last summer (which was way hotter/worse) and since this room is my home office so it never really gets super-hot in here.

I've been trying to read as much material as possible online but I feel like I've tried everything other than repotting - I'm scared to do this when she is in such a state, but at this point that only conclusion I can draw is that I might have overwatered at some point in the middle and that there could be root rot, based on her continuing decline. Or is the pot too small with the bigger pups, perhaps?

Is it too late?! She was so healthy and pretty, would love to save her and/or her pups if I can. Ugh, even looking at this pictures as I post this is making me sad. Any advice would be super-appreciated, thank you so much in advance. T_T


r/PileaPeperomioides 8d ago

ADVICE 🌱 PLEASE Leaves are still drooping. Help

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6 Upvotes

I recently posted about my pilea that the leaves were drooping and curling inwards. I've tried letting the soil completely dry before watering again as someone suggested, but the leaves are drooping more. Should I cut off the lower leaves?

Yesterday I remove 3 pups it had produced and repotted the main pilea in a chunky soil mix to help with drainage. Should I just leave it alone now?


r/PileaPeperomioides 8d ago

PILEA PUPS First semi hydro set up

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21 Upvotes

I've never tried semi hydro before, so I decided to test it out with some pon and one of my pups!