--- 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" --- [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 - [Found this on my Alocasia elephant ears. I’m not quite sure what it is?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/656fbe82209a4bad44a34c6e.md) (by Lorraine, 2023-12-06, 4 comments) - [Help ID please - I bought this today and I was told it was a ‘Mythic Bambino’. I don’t see it here in the database. Is…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/656e31af209a4b74ec7c3372.md) (by CT, 2023-12-04, 3 comments) - [I all can anyone help me out. My Alocasia has a ton of new growth since putting it in the window. A new leaf just…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/656cc14d85ea9f93cc6d6d83.md) (by Nic Van D, 2023-12-03, 2 comments) - [I have 4 alocasias of different types. They’re growing great, however, what is the best pre bagged soil? I’m wanting to…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/656ab2e985ea9fc4fd3fe9ea.md) (by jedijae, 2023-12-02, 5 comments) - [Is it safe to say this is a bloom \& not a new leaf?? Bc I’m probably going to chop it off🤣](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/656aa1321ed9210ff5cae717.md) (by Lili, 2023-12-02, 5 comments) - [My pink dragon put out a new leaf and she’s huge already! Can’t wait to see the leaf when it’s fully hardened off.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65693d2c0621ae4d799e46e4.md) (by Celine, 2023-12-01, 3 comments) - [Meet Athena 🤩 She’s pregnant! Look at the size of that baby!!!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6567687430bb2bde69066c29.md) (by E, 2023-11-29, 4 comments) - [Look at this new baby 🥰](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6566d3c25897182d60a589e0.md) (by Gabby, 2023-11-29, 0 comments) - [I was repotting my Alocasia at the weekend when I noticed it had the death mesh attached to it. Would I better getting…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/656667e1581c1dcbd493c88c.md) (by Irene, 2023-11-28, 7 comments) - [New Leaf Alert ‼️😍😍 Yay, so happy to see a new leaf coming in. I purchased this Alocasia from Lowe’s for $12 about 2…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65663d85ed48a34b3512d014.md) (by PlantMommyLee🌿, 2023-11-28, 1 comment) - [Help (repost) I got my Alocasia (silver dragon) (Dracula) about three days ago and I’m starting to notice that the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/656582c4d79533791d57baa3.md) (by Felicia, 2023-11-28, 2 comments) - [Everyone meet Loca 💚✨ (from aLOCAsia, get it? 😭) Anyway, I got her today. I’m so excited to add her to my plant…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6565701130bb2b52b1dc7d07.md) (by Big Apple Plants, 2023-11-28, 8 comments) - [HELP!!! I just got a beautiful Dragon Scale off of Fb Marketplace and I think I got played😭 I just got home and…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65643e63b5c6cc7b6667bd5b.md) (by SoMoneyMonsteras, 2023-11-27, 2 comments) - [Decided to cut the mother plant yesterday, hope it survives the repot🙏🏽🙏🏽🥹](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6562843a37474f4ed2355ee9.md) (by 803plantguy, 2023-11-25, 0 comments) - [Look! Danu’s getting a new leaf! It took me a while to figure out why she wasn’t happy, but now I’ve been giving her…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6562182b37474f6638269376.md) (by Penny L, 2023-11-25, 0 comments) - [I planted my corm upside down 🤦🤣 But it’s sprouting!!!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/656170cc5b001648f6b2a635.md) (by Mullein, 2023-11-25, 1 comment) - [I have two black velvets that are the same size and I got at the exact same time. Both are still in the nursery pots…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6560e080b3d82dfa961bcba6.md) (by Penny L, 2023-11-24, 2 comments) - [I have a beautiful black velvet Alocasia that I bought on Nov 6. I repotted it a few days later. It’s doing ok -…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/655f599447fe6ae3c7d79086.md) (by victoria 🪴, 2023-11-23, 3 comments) - [I’m reporting my Polly with arid soil and noticed this attached to the roots. I can’t tell if it’s man made or if…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/655e244afa7ccd7c70655c8c.md) (by Nectar, 2023-11-22, 6 comments) - [Looks like Polly isn’t happy 😐. I repotted my Polly about a month ago and it lost 3 small leaves and these are left.…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6559088954cca75664f9461f.md) (by Nectar, 2023-11-18, 4 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=wBMGDH_MmBdQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQCxlkwSZQvhGA) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_