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title: "Alocasia Aficionados"
description: "The Lush Alocasia and Colocasia group"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA"
language: "en"
modified: "2023-07-31T09:16:35.156Z"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/mpycjli7ggvccwjwq84r.jpg"
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[Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md)

# Alocasia Aficionados

Discover the beauty of Alocasias and Colocasias with fellow plant lovers, share tips, and embrace the joy of cultivating these exotic treasures.

Foliage plants. 7462 members, 1540 posts

## Posts

- [Any idea what could cause brown - what appear to be dry/dead spots specifically only along the veins?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/653a6b38f8119cf1bd1bb1a4.md) (by KD 🪴, 2023-10-26, 0 comments)
- [Can someone identify what this is? I wanted to guess pink princess but I have a bigger one that just sprouted new…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6539680e17989deecfcb4065.md) (by MariaYumango, 2023-10-25, 3 comments)
- [Is it possible to mend her?😭😭 my cat had a wild night, I’m not happy!!!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6538fc3fd5b385adecf4a7e6.md) (by Abigail🪴, 2023-10-25, 2 comments)
- [Should i repot my dragons breathe? It was fine before but now it’s drinking up water like nothing, I gave it a drench…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6536564b179241ed46bea958.md) (by Soup, 2023-10-23, 5 comments)
- [DRAMA QUEEN ALERT 🚨 I moved it for 3 DAYS! Because I was renovating my room and look at it 😭😭](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6534fc93f8119c37496c34b6.md) (by Soup, 2023-10-22, 0 comments)
- [Bought this black velvet the other day for 50% off because it looked great and was just really droopy. (The plant store…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65346a65438273d48f6023cd.md) (by LindseyRae, 2023-10-22, 3 comments)
- [I just ordered an alocasia corm to grow one for the first time! I hope it’s not too hard 😅 Of course, I had to dive…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6531967ad5b3850a25f95686.md) (by Mullein, 2023-10-19, 2 comments)
- [My dragon scale alocasia BLOOMED!!! It’s the most beautiful flower I’ve ever seen and my proudest achievement as a…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65316fb515cd32ffad9a04af.md) (by MarlowMarsh, 2023-10-19, 2 comments)
- [What are the two “balls” with tips on them growing from the base of my alocasia?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6530b1b7c12ab1037f0d2829.md) (by Evil Plant Dad, 2023-10-19, 8 comments)
- [How do you all prevent mildew/mold/fungus from growing in your sphagnum moss container when growing corms?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/652d534ad9ea4545e4a832da.md) (by KD 🪴, 2023-10-16, 1 comment)
- [New here! This may be a silly question but what type of Alocasia is in the title photo? I have the exact one and have…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/652c6a7603913e102da4a8a2.md) (by Jewls, 2023-10-15, 6 comments)
- [My frydek’s newest leaf. I’m beyond obsessed. \*\*shoutout to my Alocasia odora batik to the left of the frydek\*\* 🪴💚](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/652c410ba97f7f6a228f1445.md) (by Heloncha, 2023-10-15, 1 comment)
- [Help with my Alocasia ‘Jacklyn’ I've had it for three months and until lately has been fine but it only has this one…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/652c2d93f21d7febca16d3a0.md) (by Chelnh, 2023-10-15, 2 comments)
- [Please help. All other leaves have fallen off. How can I save her?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/652c08bb28d0e74853c65e1b.md) (by Jacqueline Lyday, 2023-10-15, 4 comments)
- [Heyy!! could someone tell me why my alocasia pink dragon has this open dark spot on it which keeps growing??](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/652ba954a8c55f2d1eaf996b.md) (by Orlando, 2023-10-15, 5 comments)
- [Got my first Alocasia a few weeks ago. Do these guys like to be root bound at all, or would y’all recommend repotting…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/652af8ff556b4f6f7cd20624.md) (by KD 🪴, 2023-10-14, 3 comments)
- [The new leaf looks like a marbled steak from behind XD, it’s so pretty tho!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/652926e0dd92e5cffa20fc1f.md) (by Soup, 2023-10-13, 2 comments)
- [Look how beautiful this leaf is that my alocasia watsoniana rewarded me during the fall season!! I made the second…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/652672458d68af87b8442d7f.md) (by Soup, 2023-10-11, 0 comments)
- [I brought this plant a week ago and sudden he’s just gone brown and wilting ! What do I do?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6525a63b54822546d3bdcd5f.md) (by Linda, 2023-10-10, 2 comments)
- [My Alocasia Frydek is pretty droopy a couple weeks after purchasing… should I be concerned?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6525302ff51e9fc093536ae4.md) (by Jennifer, 2023-10-10, 7 comments)

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