Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior)

I have one, they are a brilliant plant. Good review, told me all I want to know except one thing. Why and what to do when leaves die back from tip to halfway down leaf.

The Cast Iron plant (also known as the Aspidistra Elatior) is a common indoor plant and is a very easy plant to grow. They are members of the Liliaceae family and are derived from four species that originated in regions of the Himalayas, China and Japan. The Apidistra was made infamous by George Orwell's third novel, 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying', published in 1936. It told the story of Gordon Comstock, who packs in his successful job in an advertising to become an unsuccessful poet. The Aspidistra of the book's title comes from the pot plants to be found on nearly every window sill of the period. For Comstock, these plants symbolised all that is wrong ...  Read the complete review