• Pale elongated growth with large gaps between the leaves.
• Small new leaves
• Variegated leaves loose color contrast
• New shoots that should be variegated appear light green

• Large, irregularly shaped, light brown patches on leaves
• Drooping leaves and stems

• Brown leaf tips and leaf edges
• Some leaves curl

• Blackening or shriveling of small leaf section
• Serious leaf drop of large-leaved plants

• Green slime on clay pots
• Algae, moss and other plant growth on the surface of the soil
• Yellowing leaves and leaf drop
• Foul odor eminating from root ball
• Black shriveled sections of stem
• Stems starts to get softand slimy *

Overwatering

(* a disease  a.k.a. "crown rot" - the leaves decay from the center outward brought on by overwatering and aided by low temperatures)

• Mottled or finely pitted leaves, yellowing tips & edges
• Curled-up leaf edges
• Fine silk webbing on undersides of leaves and leaf axils
• Stunted growth
• Leaves drop (in severe cases)

• Sticky honey dew on leaves
• White insects resembling moths on underside of leaves

• Minute sluggish brown flys circling over the potting soil