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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. 7466 members, 1543 posts

## Posts

- [Hi plant people! Reaching out for help with the rescue Alocasia Polly: this guy lost 4 leaves in the span of a few…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/7PWC0i8bizXR5eoQL398eZ.md) (by 🎲Sunmoth🍡, 2025-02-21, 15 comments)
- [It never did grow back it's second leaf that it had when I got it last summer, I don't think it's dormant because I…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/JFz9BeMjFGyzd0DP7G8PF1.md) (by 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵, 2025-02-20, 0 comments)
- [Hi! First time Alocasia owner here and looking for some advice 😅. Just got this lovely little frydek and I’ve seen…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/JXF0aeKO2Otkr9lNnUKBZU.md) (by BritneyMC, 2025-02-19, 2 comments)
- [I'm pretty sure my cat chewed on this. 😭 Should I cut/trim any of the leaves at all?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/eUEZpK1fMX6Vp0iSwxNBs9.md) (by Dai, 2025-02-19, 5 comments)
- [Hi! Newbie here. I lucked into a plant i believe might be an Alocasia wentii. It was given to me as a bonus mystery…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/VqIY4z0hLioTKwOa1icovB.md) (by weebug, 2025-02-18, 0 comments)
- [My colocasia esculenta with weird variegation. Does anyone know why my elephant ear has a weird variegation on it’s…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/mvZe1ZY7TFGcuTqS3LOMF2.md) (by Ezzeldin Yaqoub, 2025-02-16, 6 comments)
- [Which brand of mycorrhizal is best or are they all basically the same.. big price differences. Thank you🌞](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/0pjjRzZwtIyXj2Th0yO21H.md) (by Buffy, 2025-02-16, 5 comments)
- [Just picked up two baby alocasias!! One has had a restart from being a mother plant and the seller rescued from rot.…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/qXPtYeZa9IyWVg1ZjgxW25.md) (by Isabella, 2025-02-14, 3 comments)
- [This lady is so gorgeous. I need to take pics in better lighting](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/SjIQ9Sg1pF7molzR0AnWfG.md) (by Wolfen 🐺, 2025-02-14, 2 comments)
- [Just showing off some new leaves 😍](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/iT6l3oC0CxNrlDfwWBi9HW.md) (by Plantguncle78, 2025-02-14, 0 comments)
- [My silver dragon. I had no idea I have had this thing going on 2 years.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/NDGtT5Zd1tTiwvuSNydKry.md) (by Tellie, 2025-02-13, 0 comments)
- [Does anyone know what plant this is? I thought it was part of the alocasia family and i took a few cuttings from…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/GVwvz133fJ9OPz05iBQBIw.md) (by eliana, 2025-02-11, 1 comment)
- [Just wanted to show off my cutie little Jacklyn plant that I propagated back in September. She's stunning 🥺](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/pflQK0DQbrhHiM0jHbS1oh.md) (by Cpisa, 2025-02-11, 5 comments)
- [Decided to treat myself to a little birthday present 🥳 happy birthday to meeeee](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/tt9dzdiw5avf2s9ELsA8H0.md) (by Lindsey, 2025-02-11, 7 comments)
- [Just picked up this golden bone starter plant and she’s my first Alocasia! Any tips?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/HmOIAab2MXfTy5RNtZ3wju.md) (by Lilli 🦖, 2025-02-11, 3 comments)
- [I'm being gaslit into thinking that these white spots are dust, mineral buildup or natural leaf coloration instead of…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/5w92GwI9bNS9vozYTPhtmM.md) (by 🎲Sunmoth🍡, 2025-02-10, 7 comments)
- [Early Valentine's Day gift from my boyfriend 😍 Finally joining the variegated alocasia frydek club!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Xye1zOxytuiRQZUQ7Luc7O.md) (by Amy, 2025-02-10, 1 comment)
- [That last leaf got me obsessed 🤩](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/erQS0N3zxdMwyvq2RNcKF2.md) (by Stephanie🎋, 2025-02-09, 6 comments)
- [That split variegation on the newest leaf 😙🤌🏼](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/rT6EW2knom1Pk4N8XDZ6gg.md) (by Lili, 2025-02-09, 0 comments)
- [Love these little guys 🥹 grown from corms 🌱 not all them have made it but super happy with the survivors lol](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/cqI9njipykE6Gpso3VOjX6.md) (by Botanista, 2025-02-08, 5 comments)

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