My Monstera turned pink after 6 weeks with a grow light hack

I put my sad Monstera under a cheap 20 dollar red and blue LED panel from Amazon that I bought for my seedlings. I only meant to keep it alive through the Minnesota winter, but after 6 weeks the new leaf came in with these soft pink streaks. I figured it was a fluke, so I moved the plant 3 feet away and the next leaf went back to plain green. Has anyone else seen variegation pop up from artificial light, or did I just get lucky with a sport mutation?

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jamesfox1mo ago

Wait, pink streaks after only 6 weeks under a 20 dollar blurple panel? That's bonkers. I've seen those red/blue lights do weird stuff to stretching and color, but actual variegation like you're describing is just wild. Moving it 3 feet and getting a green leaf back almost sounds like the light itself triggered some kind of pigment reaction, not a real mutation, you know? A sport would probably stay pinky on every new leaf no matter the light. Did you get a picture of the pink leaf? Because that's the kind of thing I'd frame and hang on the wall.

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