What kind of light are you giving it? Soil still soggy? can you describe how the roots looked? Looks like too much water to me but I’m no expert at calathea. just trying to get more info out there.

it came with the soil it was shipped in. I lost 2 more leaves today. the stem just gave up. I wonder if a plant can still be ok if i cut all the leaves off and just plant the root in a new soil. You have any idea if that will help? And the plant is across my window so it gets enough light like all the other plants. I also have a humidifier going.

Thank you for the response. i think i will loose all the leaves and theres nothing I can do about it anymore. I think that the previous owner overwatered the plant and sent me a sick plant and the stress from transport probably didnt help as well. The plant was stuck in a box for 3 days. I will try and replant the roots in fresh soil and hope that it will recuperate. 😭 Its quite hard to find this plant so I jumped on this when i found it online

I’m sorry ☹️ That’s a bummer. I hope it works out 🤞🏻

Hi Vernel. :) That's a beautiful plant, but unfortunately it's not a great houseplant. It's more of a greenhouse plant that can sometimes survive in house if you're not in a heating climate (furnace dries the air too much in winter in heating climates). It also does great if you have a humidifier.

Very unlikely to be overwatering because of the speed it's happening for the type of plant it is. It's a rainforest plant that likes to always have moist soil, so it would take much longer than that even it were sitting in a tray of water. So your problem is likely low humidity for leaves that were probably grown in a greenhouse at very high humidity. Do you know what kind of humidity you have? Or alternatively if you tell us what area/climate you're in and type of heating you have we could estimate it.

Hi Tom. I dont really know what happened to this plant. Its only been a week with me. It was transported in a box Friday and I got it Monday so its been stuck over the weekend inside the box. It was okay on the first day and just deteriorated slowly and i think ive lost almost all the leaves now but I will try and save and replant the roots with 2 leaves coz thE roots seems healthy, i dont really know. At least theyre white and not mushy. Also, i am in Norway and we have heating system on the floor and its 27 degrees here inside with 42% humidity. I have a hygrometer and a humidifier. i also have other tropical plants that are thriving and keep producing new leaves. I have guzmania, monstera, stromanthe triostar, calathea orbifolia, maranta, blue fern, palm and some orchids. but this Warscewiczii is just dying on me 😔

Well it sure is great you are able to keep that humidity level for your plants, but in regards to individual humidity needs, nothing there on your list needs as much as Calathea warscewiczii. The Calathea orbifolia comes close, but still needs less. The very bottom end that's usually recommended for the C. warscewiczii is 50% just to survive. The pros use much higher. It probably came from a greenhouse in the range of 70%. It's always possible to keep houseplants at lower than their recommended humidity levels, with excellent watering, and grouping with other plants for localized extra humidity, but there is something you should know about the way the leaves develop. There is an effect in many plants where it will grow leaves "tuned" to the ambient conditions while the leaf is forming (i.e. 70+% greenhouse). They can grow new leaves tuned to much lower levels (maybe in the range of 50%), but in some plants it can be impossible to change the humidity resistance of a leaf after it is already developed. So you may want to try to keep those leaves alive as long as possible while you wait for newer, more-hardened leaves to develop. Meanwhile you'll want to use every trick in the book to raise every little bit of humidity you can: grouping plants, gravel trays, turning up the humidifier, frequent leaf washing, etc.

Thanks again Tom for such great input. I got the plant not from a greenhouse but from a previous plant owner who kept it in her house and no longer have the need for it as it took a lot of space. I have pretty much lost all the leaves but i have checked the roots and they seem to be okay so i repotted it in fresh new soil mix and hopefully i will be able to revive it. I have to try at least. I refuse to give up on my plants unless I have exhausted all efforts. It isnt so easy just to throw it out. 😭 I didnt know the C. Warscewiczii needs a higher humidity level but thank you for educating me. I hope that this last resort will work for me. otherwise thank you everyone for your input and the help understanding what could be wrong.

Hello everybody. I have stopped the wilting/dropping of stems of my plant but shes bald now. I have decided to cut all the leaves off and repotted in new soil mix and hopefully that will help and revive this plant. I will update more when I see any progress.