--- 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. 7470 members, 1545 posts ## Posts - [Hey guys! New here! Here’s a small portion of my Alocasia collection. Not an aficionado necessarily, but I’d like to be!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65b3d73e84e38d2e8d0aed12.md) (by Michelle, 2024-01-26, 1 comment) - [My frydek lost most of its leaves during its winter dormancy period sadly but now that she is refreshed and calibrated…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65b2d9bb60d645e63671b9a8.md) (by E, 2024-01-25, 4 comments) - [Massive new leaf rolling out](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65b1b1d0da40477caa54416f.md) (by Claire5904, 2024-01-25, 2 comments) - [My Polly has been in Fluval stratum in a non draining vessel for almost a month now, hasn’t dropped any leaves since…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65b0171387571768462908fa.md) (by Jaiden, 2024-01-23, 6 comments) - [Should I prune this large leaf off my elephant ear? I have a new leaf growth and have been trying to get it healthy…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65aea9edc29c0863facdce0d.md) (by Alexis, 2024-01-22, 4 comments) - [Dying or going dormant? Two months ago this was a new leaf—the last leaf on my giant taro— but now it is wilting from…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65ad6375c29c081219a8895b.md) (by Vera, 2024-01-21, 5 comments) - [Thank you to everyone who convinced me to wait it out bc they said it looked like a leaf \& not a bloom. IT IS INDEED A…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a9c2ca51f91c11fb0b11e1.md) (by Lili, 2024-01-19, 1 comment) - [Hey guys! Any ideas of what’s going on with my Alocasia? Or any advice about this? I found one of his leaves like this…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a95077490c5f9803351d76.md) (by Lauren, 2024-01-18, 5 comments) - [I thought this was a leaf malformation but it’s actually my first inflorescence 🥹🤧 proud plant mama here 🙋🏼‍♀️…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a8149c490c5f5dbf0fb970.md) (by Freedomskai, 2024-01-17, 2 comments) - [HELP!! My black velvet alocasia was doing great and and the past couple days is circling the drain.. she is under a…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a6dfe2728de6c7f66d450d.md) (by Ashley-balcerek, 2024-01-16, 6 comments) - [Hey everyone! This is my first Alocasia ever so I still don’t know what I’m doing. My question is that my Alocasia’s…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a636799b445f82cd273097.md) (by SeaShel, 2024-01-16, 5 comments) - [Wouldn’t necessarily say I’m an aficionado yet but I am encouraged by this beauty.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a49e5010e7ac44b431445c.md) (by Liz 🪴, 2024-01-15, 4 comments) - [She seems to be thriving since I took her out of the nursery soil and put her in only Fluval stratum! Her roots look…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a429dc296b7312f1c94652.md) (by Jaiden, 2024-01-14, 4 comments) - [I have a Polly (alocasia) and it’s not the first one i’ve had but it’s not doing super well. (just like the first one)…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a2ad86dbc7a6094fb98742.md) (by AnguilleJoby, 2024-01-13, 7 comments) - [I found a frydek at my local greenhouse! I have a humidifier set to about 60-65% and grow lights set for my other…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a206059b445f856391754c.md) (by Freedomskai, 2024-01-13, 0 comments) - [Hiii i got this (originally) gorgeous elephant ear and have had it for about three months now. The leaves however…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a1d7aeed476b07fa25ee0e.md) (by Alexis, 2024-01-13, 0 comments) - [My alocasia’s first leaf during dormancy 🥹 this its first winter with me too, I was so nervous](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/65a08c1b60408b2e9f1844a2.md) (by Freedomskai, 2024-01-12, 4 comments) - [Prettiest Alocasia. I am turning on because get ugly and stretch to light too much.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/659ef75ceaac08fcef2f0b51.md) (by Evan, 2024-01-10, 1 comment) - [Purchased this Alocasia noblis 3 weeks ago. Watered weekly. It started getting these spots a week ago. I was concerned…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/659eec8c78eb957ab095eb95.md) (by LW2023, 2024-01-10, 2 comments) - [My alocasia has been doing amazing since day one. I have been very consistent with watering and lighting. Today I…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/659d8c76618c1397c1d81862.md) (by Bodhi\_PlantMama, 2024-01-09, 1 comment) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=APuhKVTAqBdQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQDtKFaxVSXiGA) --- _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_