--- 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. 7459 members, 1537 posts ## Posts - [Tips and tricks for making this “black magic colocasia” grow big and more leafs!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/AGuCQDSxQNjUXDn8RiKUcA.md) (by Sydney, 2026-05-09, 1 comment) - [Growing out a mystery corm. Any idea what this one is? 🌱](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/FShkbTjnE2jzPunwZ8gQcM.md) (by Kaylyn 🌱, 2026-05-08, 6 comments) - [I didn’t know what was going on with my dragon scale but I think it got a flower? I didn’t know they flower! 🌺](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/FmzXxNjd59QRdPJsbKlsdX.md) (by happysoxdonkey, 2026-05-08, 2 comments) - [Hi, I changed this bambino into lechuza pon two weeks ago and all the leaves except one are changing color to purple…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/sUoZjesh9x17anBAGvLDaE.md) (by Wendyyy, 2026-05-06, 4 comments) - [Hello! I recently repotted my alocasia negra/plumbea. I found 3 corms and have them sitting I water to hopefully grow.…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/csSwk4YdGHITiGH3jg5WlM.md) (by Planta member, 2026-05-05, 5 comments) - [When fertilizing do you still bottom water? Sorry im still fairly new here. 😊](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/BjTa6SqYbuWUKCs4FfKWDb.md) (by New and loving this, 2026-05-05, 2 comments) - [My first leaf from my Walmart rescue, one week progress!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/sxPA3Dj34gIkSjxS7jLupH.md) (by The Black Thumb, 2026-05-03, 0 comments) - [A little stressed from shipping still very cute](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Kjsx6EqC2tLUUE98QDtmme.md) (by The Black Thumb, 2026-05-03, 1 comment) - [Cutie leaf](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/BevPfXLF9ea18DXgE5UJ5R.md) (by The Black Thumb, 2026-05-03, 0 comments) - [Had the pleasure of attending the Big Plant Expo last week in SC and picked up three new plants 🖤 Alocasia Black…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/pxetFBS1duyHaseMQD44Xf.md) (by Ria, 2026-05-03, 2 comments) - [It’s been months but my corms have finally turned into baby Frydeks! Very excited for this.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/3Pjd9oh9MkkuwhmbBznhCX.md) (by Nikki, 2026-05-01, 2 comments) - [Well my Ninja is rescued from Walmart finally lost its bad leafs. Im seriously hoping she comes out of the bad I got…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/O7xAbFQwNp8VxkftQDixJ6.md) (by New and loving this, 2026-05-01, 5 comments) - [Looks like my Black Velvet is flowering. I’ve heard it’s better to cut these to divert energy back to the leaves.…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/DrUHej2vrCHfSovUdinjGN.md) (by EdlesPlantLab, 2026-04-28, 7 comments) - [Introducing Neo Jr., my first baby from a corm! 🥹 Mama sadly died in childbirth (i.e. transplanting) but baby seems…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/sosR7ufvcM3xLM5UBfDshs.md) (by Carla, 2026-04-23, 0 comments) - [When + how should I repot this (what medium etc.) and should I be adding anything to the water to help it establish its…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/EXPq82ipocYHiQL18G8Zrv.md) (by Violette, 2026-04-18, 3 comments) - [Favorite plant update! (Plus the general surrounding setup)](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/neudYlmxrvg9y5B90efb5F.md) (by BritneyMC, 2026-04-17, 4 comments) - [I’ve been growing some a bunch of different tissue culture alocasias for the last couple of months. Some of the first…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/nEhQ3lYsyI6KRBc96wmTdv.md) (by Jace, 2026-04-16, 2 comments) - [Hello! I rescued this beauty from good old Walmart 2 weeks ago. She was in pretty bad shape. Leaves curled and all. I…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/1ruFIniPLb7UgPxehMvTqN.md) (by New and loving this, 2026-04-14, 2 comments) - [When I first started out, gathering a few plants in my home, not knowing that I would create a jungle of peace and…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/tKQojxfXVNGhzIculBiOMK.md) (by MBS, 2026-04-12, 10 comments) - [I’m new to Alocasias, I’ve never had this happen to one of my plants since being a more seasoned plant parent. I’m…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/aVEBI1elFjZVXzWqRCGel4.md) (by Yungbert, 2026-04-12, 7 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=GK3CHJCApRhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQCMWtq35ivgGA) --- _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_