What should you do? You should tell us which plants you have (as in, what species), and describe or provide a photo of the creases and holes in question. Telling us how long you've had the plants, and how you've been taking care of them so far, would help too.

Or you could stop by at the Psychic Plants Network, of course.

Mr.S,I really needed that giggle so thanks.
Jeremy-grower,sorry can't help with what little info you provided.
linda

jeremy-grower - also share with us how many plants you're speaking of, and are they all showing the same symptoms?

Please forgive the lack of info;this is all new to me. I have about fifty plants: Alocasia,Philodendrons,Indoor Palms, Peace Lilies, Rubber Plants,etc. It began when I bought a Volcano Plant about two weeks ago, and noticed some slices in the leaves that I thought was do to shipping became obvious when the other plants began to show the same symptoms.(brown slices and holes) I believe it is a type of fungus do to over spraying water on the leaves. I took off all the infected leaves,and stopped misting. I'm really hoping this may take care of it,but an expert oppinion would be much appreciated.

What's a volcano plant? Would that be a Pink Quill Tillandsia? At least that's what it said when I looked it up.

Fungus gnats (look like fruit flies) can cause brown lines in leaves that you can sometimes see through and make small holes from sucking out the juices.

Do you have any close up pictures of the damage your talking about?

Billy Rae

Do you have pets, or live with other people, who might be causing mechanical damage to the plant? Maybe (don't mean to make you paranoid, but) passive-aggressive people? That's a pretty wide range of plants; it's hard for me to imagine anything other than physical injury that would be affecting all of them.

I hate to even mention this - maybe it's an 'extreme', but gas leaks have been known to damage entire collections.

I have another idea - not so extreme.
I have a good-sized plant collection at my office.
We have an 'industrial strength' air freshener that sometimes others will spray carelessly near the plants, and it does, indeed, cause physical damage to the leaves when it contacts them.

Thanks everybody it turned out to be fungus nats and all of the rest of the ideas are great to know. I thank you and my plants really thank you.

Whew! That's good to know.
I've never seen such damage from fungus gnats, though...are you sure it wasn't thrips?

I am pretty sure I disturbed the soil and found nats flying how ever I would really like to hear more about Thrips thank you .

How does one get rid of fungus gnats?

I used a regular spray bottle full of water and three drops of Palmolive dish soap.The nats were gone over night.

Gnats love wet soil, so try to keep the soil as dry as possible between waterings. Sticky yellow traps can also help since they are attracted to to yellow.Another way to get rid of a bunch at a time (carefully around plants) is by way of vacuum hose!

Billy Rae

Mr Sub, shame on you..LOL..psychic plant network..

Jeremy, Mr Sub's just poking fun..He's a great guy.
What size holes are on your leaves? In other words, are they pinpoint size? Does every plant with holey leaves also have creases?
If each plant has creases, I'm inclined to agree w/Mr Sub...someone, child, pet? is rubbing/grabbing leaves..though, in this case, holes would be large..if a pet, you'd see nibbles/chewed foliage.
Do you know how to check for plant insects? Spider mite, (most common) mealy, scale, aphids..I find it curious this started after adding a new plant..What's a Volcano plant???
Misting won't cause holes, and I doubt fungus..I mist 2+ times a day, plus use humidifers/indoor fountains, and plants are for the most part, bugless. As a matter of fact, one room, dryer than the others, and more neglected, neglected as far as humidity--- well, every so often, mites find their way on citrus and gardenias, mostly in winter..It's only after misting these critters kick the bucket..

Check for webbs..(finer than the common house spider webbing) white cottony masses..anything that shouldn't be on your plant, or moves, is suspect.
Now, if your house is dry and soil is kept constantly wet, that's another story..I believe it was Billie who mentioned Fungus Gnats..They're visable to the eye especially after you give plant/s a drink..they move about soil..If your plants have FG's, use the yellow sticky traps, and allow soil to dry out more..run a ceiling fan on low, and when outside temps are nice, crack the window a little each day..Toni

Adult fungus gnats do no damage whatsoever to the foliage of plants. As a matter of fact, they don't feed at all. It's their job to mate and lay eggs in the potting medium. Once the eggs hatch, the little white larvae (maggots) feed on tender plant roots, if their population is high enough.

This info on Thrips comes from the Alberta, Canada Agriculture and Rural Development website:

"Description and damage
Several species of thrips may infest houseplants. Thrips are small, slender pests, the young being white, yellow or orange and the adults brown or black.

Adults are hard to spot since they fly around the plant, especially when disturbed. They feed by rasping the plant tissue and sucking up the juice, causing a silvery speckled appearance and deformed leaves and buds. Usually the signs of damage are much more obvious than the thrips. Tapping the plant over white paper may disclose their presence. Some species leave dots of black excrement on the leaves.
Control - Increase humidity and avoid high temperatures."

This was the best description, in sum that I could find in a brief search. You may want to do a google search for some more in-depth information.

me and my wife live alone with no pets some plants have holes some have creases and some have both all I know is when I disturb the soil little nat looking bugs fly around but what ever the case me and my wife are both disabled it is very hard for us to talk to anyone that is why I thought I could talk over the internet I guess I was wrong so I will not bother you any more to every one that tried to help thank you

The thing is, I have never seen a thrip here according to pics of them on Google with 4 wings, only two winged fungus gnats.

jeremey-grower...why do you say 'I guess I was wrong'??
Everyone is just trying to help you find out which pest or problem you have so you can eradicate it and bring your plants back to 'normal'.
You had stated above that you'd like more information about Thrips, so I posted what I thought was the best, in sum.

There's no way I could post every result I found on Google, so I thought I'd suggest that you try a Google search on your own.
I hope you didn't take that to mean that I was suggesting *I* wasn't interested in helping you find the information you were seeking. That wasn't my intention at all! (Ã)

If you go to Google.com and enter 'thrips houseplants' 'thrip damage houseplants' or something to that effect in the search bar, you'll get LOTS of information on them, as well as many photographs.

As the information states, there are many species of Thrips, so you may not find a photo of a Thrip that looks 'familiar', but their damage is usually the same, nonetheless.

Sounds as though you did have fungus gnats, since you'd stated they were gone after treatment, but perhaps you have another pest in addition to the fungus gnats, as they usually don't cause any physical damage to the foliage of plants as other pests do. The larvae can cause damage to the roots of plants, so I don't know....maybe that could have something to do with it.

Please forgive me NAN I did not mean you.Thank you for all of your advice I was talking about MR sub he likes to make fun of me but that is ok to.I take things way to hard that is why I love plants they do not judge. Any ways thanks everyone oh and back when I said I was new to this I mean new to computers.Also I am trying to figure out how to put a picture on here I am sure that would make it A lot easier to tell me what is wrong with my plants. By the way I just bought a HP photosmart all in one printer so I think I can scan the plant leafs and put them on this web page. at least I hope.

Hi jeremy
How are your leaves looking these days. When I first read your post I remembered having a similar problem a couple of years ago. I think I used a spray that was water, a couple of drops of dish soap and a few drops of rubbing alcohol. I used that every 5 days for a couple of weeks. It really is a pain in the neck when you have more than a couple of plants because you need to spray them all or at the very least those in the same room

jeremy-grower - I'm relieved, thanks.
I'm sure Mr subjunctive did not mean to offend, really, and I'm sure he'll tell you so.
We were all new to computers at one time, so most can relate! I can - I'm still learning.

Seems that all my photos are always too large to post here so I don't do so. I haven't had the time or patience to learn how to re-size them. Maybe someday!

I do know that it's easier to post a photo to the Houseplants 'Gallery' (When you first come to the Houseplants forum page, right above the first message you'll see this:
On-Topic Discussions [Switch to: Exchanges : Gallery

Click on Gallery, then there are instructions at the bottom of the page if you scroll way down.

If you get a photo posted there, just post in this thread that you've done so.

toots...what pest did your plants have when you used the spray you mentioned above?

Here is a link that might be useful: Houseplants Gallery