More light, cutting back unvariegated stems and luck!

NO WAY! DO you know which hormone is being sold? I think there are a few.

Some unscrupulous sellers do sell non-variegated plants as variegated ones that will revert as the hormone wears off.

You may read this and think ‘who cares? If it’s got white patches it’s variegate – who cares how it got them?’

And the answer is that it’s personal. Would you rather have a knock-off designer handbag, or a real one? A painting by a specific artist or a great forgery?

People covet variegation because it’s rare. Naturally variegated plants will always have their market, and so too will hormone-treated ones.

That’s me in a nutshell 😀

You need to remove all of the non-variegated leaves. I’d also put it in a brighter spot to encourage it to put out more variegated leaves – increasing the humidity will also help the plant grow faster.

I don’t think it’s the light itself that increases the variegation, I think it’s more that the healthier the plant is, the more likely it is to put out variegated leaves, since it doesn’t feel the need to panic-produce chlorophyll.

Thanks! Yeah, I get why plants value survival over aesthetics (I mean, who wouldn’t), bit it’s still sad!