Image 1 — WTF is creeping around in the soil of my Alocasia cuprea Red Secret?
Image 2 — WTF is creeping around in the soil of my Alocasia cuprea Red Secret?
Image 3 — WTF is creeping around in the soil of my Alocasia cuprea Red Secret?
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WTF is creeping around in the soil of my Alocasia cuprea Red Secret?

My cousin bought this alocasia for me 3 weeks ago. It was meant as a rescue because it looked so sad and damaged in the store (big plant center).

Today I wanted to water it and saw a tiny dark grey-ish worm crawling in the soil (on the right of the stem). I can also see (spider) webs in the holes in the uneven soil. WTF even is this? It's not even crawling like a worm but more like sliding up and down on a thread of the spider web.

It has lost 3 leaves since he bought it for me and now left with two. Kind of regretting trying to rescue it now.

Does anyone know what is it and how I get rid of it? Do It repot immediately? How do I protect my other plants? Will quarantining be enough?

First picture is of the soil now with the small grey worm thing (that looks like a little stick/branch of wood). Last picture is the alocasia when I first got it.

I'm a new plant mom and first time I see anything crawling in/on one of my plants so I'm freaking out.

P.S. English is not my native language so sorry if something isn't clear.

u/Be_delulu — 16 hours ago

Some kind of fungus all over my newly potted plants

This was my first time repotting 2 plants (a camioculcas/ZZplant and a Schefflera). I used coconut potting soil (where you need to add water to decompress the soil).

A few days after repotting them this fungus appeared. These photo's are 10 days after repotting.

It looks plushy and white and the layer seems to thicken by the day.

What kind of fungus is this and could it hurt the plants? Should i repot them again with other soil?

u/Be_delulu — 3 months ago