--- 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. 7460 members, 1538 posts ## Posts - [My imperial taro (colocasia antiquorum, aka eddoes) is producing it’s first leaf.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/pZx22obgRoa_oGtA-P08lw.md) (by Ezzeldin Yaqoub, 2024-11-13, 1 comment) - [Posting again because I literally love her she's growing sooooo big by the day! Side note: I will be taking her out of…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/iTvWoJWJS5-7PEfj5mmjYg.md) (by ROOTING4U, 2024-11-13, 6 comments) - [Hey guys! New here and just got this beautiful Dawn… please send tips! I think I’ll repot her today and separate the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/LuNpCe23THq9-W7Dqt9ohQ.md) (by Phil.Rocha, 2024-11-10, 3 comments) - [Okay so I was gifted this dragon scale and after researching, quickly learned how difficult alocasia's can be. I've had…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/-z-eZM7cQmu1cMo_BRNtow.md) (by Jenna, 2024-11-09, 4 comments) - [This originally started as a " corm project" with two different types of Alocasias. 🌱 Regal shield Polly](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/zbGnXQoWRUygPsB62R0NLQ.md) (by ROOTING4U, 2024-11-09, 1 comment) - [Cool home depot find today 🤘🏼](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/v5y8sD4zRSe7TLiY7vvH-g.md) (by Lindsey, 2024-11-08, 2 comments) - [This guy doesn’t seem to be super happy. Is the pot too big? He’s in a cactus soil mix with orchid bark mixed in and…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/3rByZR0nRLe-RFpO7oHeEg.md) (by Jessie, 2024-11-08, 7 comments) - [Flower on my Dragon Scale is blooming 😊](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/EG98zkKnQXaA974Ad_BjqA.md) (by Ria, 2024-11-07, 4 comments) - [Someone near me has an Alocasia Black Zebrina for sale for 25 bucks. It looks to be about 2-3ft tall. Is this a good…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/y8DXF7FOQaqGU0df7G6Dnw.md) (by mx.mcq, 2024-11-06, 3 comments) - [An interesting new leaf coming out half-moon on my new mojito colocasia ☺️ I guess this leaf won’t have the typical…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/X28ipzd1TRi6QC4iFWMRbQ.md) (by Mullein, 2024-11-05, 0 comments) - [My imperial taro, I am growing from a readily sprouted eddoes root, that I got from H-mart a Korean grocery store.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/2-3I5nETQNOTJfihsDhUsQ.md) (by Ezzeldin Yaqoub, 2024-11-04, 0 comments) - [new leaf!! when i got this guy at the end of september, he only had 3 leaves. now he has 6!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/7Pk0POIbRF-otJdk8F87cQ.md) (by ash, 2024-11-04, 2 comments) - [My Jacklyn is fairly new to me (1 month) and all of its leaftips have turned yellow and shriveled. It shouldn’t be an…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/TntbgVjVRnefj2dqHpNWyA.md) (by F. Lindsey, 2024-11-04, 4 comments) - [Can someone explain the yellow variegated leaf on my Mikey mouse Alocasia? The other two are white and seem healthy,…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/5pfC6Io-QiOKJmQ03p6gPA.md) (by @plant\_mommiez, 2024-11-03, 1 comment) - [Hi! I recently got an Alocasia Bambino (I think). Any tips on how to keep it alive would be greatly appreciated!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/RhIcYscZT-if_HeIx53LCw.md) (by Veronica, 2024-11-02, 0 comments) - [What is this growing from the center of my Colocasia? I don’t think it’s a new leaf, the new leaf would come from the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/QWfszDVoRvudxYKoGq9Zmw.md) (by Brittany, 2024-11-01, 1 comment) - [hi guys!! i’m still beginner at plant life and would love a few tips for caring for this alocasia! I don’t even know…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/dWk7PlncQouh1h1eej3ikg.md) (by candissjean, 2024-11-01, 3 comments) - [Anyone able to help identify this variety? Very new to these guys (obviously!)](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/1Yx1_bdrQQaUpNhTrV79xQ.md) (by Sprout, 2024-10-30, 7 comments) - [Baby variegated frydek 🥹 doing an experiment have two in semi hydro and one still in the sphagnum prop box to see…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/mmoEMQS-RjKVuuZP5uAY7w.md) (by Botanista, 2024-10-27, 0 comments) - [This was my first Alocasia. What started out as a plant that I almost killed in the first week has turned into this; I…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/JCA5GQUcQm6MmThL6vMK8Q.md) (by Plant Dad, 2024-10-27, 8 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=mHY5jZw3AhhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQCf0g_B6angGA) --- _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_