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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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# 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. 7460 members, 1537 posts

## Posts

- [Melo. I LOVE the alien looking leaves! 👽🌱](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/nl41bhcZxQikD2UR9ucGDe.md) (by Tina, 2025-04-07, 4 comments)
- [The only Alocasia I’ve managed to keep alive and getting new growth… and I dropped it on its head \& cracked it when I…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/zOJfWG0UB5c7qx0O1iUJ6k.md) (by gia, 2025-04-07, 3 comments)
- [Need advice on growing corms!! What’s your preferred medium? Grow light or no grow light? Heat pad or no heat pad?…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/9j8ZDAOECjWY0i7LpVr4Qz.md) (by gabbygeli, 2025-04-05, 5 comments)
- [I saved this little guy from my first alocasia that I had that sadly died because I didn’t know how to take care of it…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/nUsj2uZ0roJfzdJJ4POhz6.md) (by Mo, 2025-04-04, 2 comments)
- [These are photos of my Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Amazonica’ (Mayan Mask). She is in the 4 inch nursery pot that she…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/CC3jVP3J68PEohvLULkzIE.md) (by Grandma2aDancer, 2025-04-04, 4 comments)
- [Obsessed with the new leaves on my Jacklyn. Twice as big as the old leaves!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/u7sBxv9r0dM75CQJeZSMNF.md) (by Kyle, 2025-04-04, 2 comments)
- [Hello alocasia lovers!! I need help!! I bought this alocaisa thinking it was a silver dragon, but the more it grows the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/qFWoW6fi3O1p3xWdThN5jx.md) (by Mother Earth, 2025-04-03, 4 comments)
- [Help! Alocasia #3 getting ready to die!! Planted in Leca- cleaned off roots really well. Was doing great and then…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/z32HIpHVeaZcoD2lx5S5nV.md) (by Sheri, 2025-04-02, 3 comments)
- [Alocasia stingray - The roots have started to get crazy at the bottom so I am planning to move her to the larger pot.…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/PnY2Ovo123ShNxbrXI6LZm.md) (by CN, 2025-04-01, 1 comment)
- [Just found a Dragon Scale today! Alocasia are my biggest obsession right now (My cat in the background haha)](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/k4URz1FNeQyJzyn3HTlIca.md) (by Mo, 2025-03-29, 1 comment)
- [Am I supposed to put my dragon scale and my other one on a pole or trellis like the monsteras? The dragon scale…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/O2DnCCDjE2rslyMdrLN01l.md) (by 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵, 2025-03-29, 18 comments)
- [I cannot believe how BEAUTIFUL my alocasia ‘Jewel’ leaves are when they’re unfurling ❤️](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/RCqWJqgnwKpX2EXPrw90Lt.md) (by Denise, 2025-03-29, 0 comments)
- [Hi, so I got this beauty today and I’m very nervous because my last alocasia didn’t make it but I could pass this one…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/WMsVTGCfZoJ80rFHiBRVTK.md) (by Kurston, 2025-03-28, 6 comments)
- [My new dark star! She’s just so pretty and symmetrical 😍](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/b5iixOY4eC4Yc0t8tKUyH0.md) (by BritneyMC, 2025-03-27, 0 comments)
- [Curious on what your guys Alocasia’s soil is? My Silver Dragon is currently in indoor potting mix and orchid bark.…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/KIIwOcTEO8k2VErTedOiQi.md) (by Tellie, 2025-03-27, 7 comments)
- [I found an Alocasia “Black Diamond” yesterday and brought it home. I’ve never heard of it? And apparently Google hasn’t…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/bk1fyM2en8AnkRfzkBL39z.md) (by fuey, 2025-03-25, 0 comments)
- [I was given and adopted this baby from my ceramic studio (Mar 16) as it was super struggling, and found a thrips…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Vo0hqISpVyWADed4j80nAY.md) (by Maru, 2025-03-25, 5 comments)
- [Not sure if this is more of a semi hydro or alocasia question, but i recently moved my alocasias into leca and I dunno…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Sns2mEhKasJiAsT8blt3dm.md) (by Tokkomio, 2025-03-25, 4 comments)
- [Found corms! I was repotting my Silver Dragon Alocasia, and I found corms! I’ve never dealt with corms before, but, I’m…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/IpJsph9C77LGpxcqwwDh6U.md) (by Jamie 🫶🏻, 2025-03-24, 2 comments)
- [First time growing corms, 2 nobilis at the bottom and 1 i just peeled today. I assume yellowing is normal but is it…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/1GXLLYHCQxsLFP5TrY2asi.md) (by Tokkomio, 2025-03-23, 3 comments)

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