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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. 7466 members, 1543 posts

## Posts

- [This is the Pink Dragon that I brought home in December. It has held onto this one leaf until yesterday when I noticed…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/hcBpiNWT8UsJOZAIkD90SR.md) (by Jules, 2025-02-08, 15 comments)
- [Sooo… my acacia frydek gave me 3 corms! I’m gonna try my hand at growing these. Any tips would be amazing! This is the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/5AqW0FwAbJRIEO5xWrPwDh.md) (by Mkplantmom, 2025-02-07, 2 comments)
- [Hi everyone, I hope I'm on the right thread for my angel wing. Not sure what family it is in. If I am, I hope someone…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/zpNDiUkMxRnmj6sPOSc93p.md) (by Springvision, 2025-02-07, 6 comments)
- [Super cool variegation pattern on the new leaf of my Dragon Scale](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/zBO4D48RVuxygVe2SsomaV.md) (by Plant Dad, 2025-02-05, 1 comment)
- [Finally took care of my alocasia elephant ear! Bought this guy reluctantly from the clearance section, covered in tiny…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/wolquCjAl2oodRU7PACqfZ.md) (by 🎲Sunmoth🍡, 2025-02-05, 10 comments)
- [I'm pretty new to Alocasias but from what I've read, they spread through corms? So I have one on one shelf and another…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/YFqcJ3l6L3OuXhaGseJAol.md) (by Melinda, 2025-02-05, 5 comments)
- [Look at this bad boy coming in!!!!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/nqxqsdKEhVaZX3FaSHcuDR.md) (by TeddysPlantHaven, 2025-02-04, 0 comments)
- [Just admiring the growth 😍🌿](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/phLccN0F8PSa9HrmOBAJN3.md) (by Plantguncle78, 2025-02-03, 0 comments)
- [Does anyone else have this Alocasia I’m surprised it lasted this long i forget about him all the time and hardly water…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/NPVCSSxImHJaByc0q22OKc.md) (by Plantguncle78, 2025-02-03, 4 comments)
- [Follow up. Here is a photo of the mother plant before it started losing stems. It goes outside in part shade during…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/OkO7TgLFcynBw0zjhTpzqm.md) (by StacyA, 2025-02-03, 0 comments)
- [Please help with my baby zebrina. I separated this from the mother plant last summer. I follow.planta schedule but this…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/kJkHJBXGn56EESqXNbb5HS.md) (by StacyA, 2025-02-03, 8 comments)
- [Google image search gives me a different answer every time..home depot rescue, trying to figure out her needs... she's…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/3Odyai5M1M7FQ2YMkv6doG.md) (by Mel, 2025-02-02, 3 comments)
- [Could someone tell me what alocasia this is. I surprisingly saved two from ruins and don’t remember which one this is.…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/UfEX83tuRlwMUx307VScs2.md) (by Buffy, 2025-02-02, 5 comments)
- [Can someone tell me what kind of alocasia this is? Picked it up from Lowe’s as a rehab project, that way if it dies I…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/VsvkYKha6x38h97Bt9htzY.md) (by New Plant Mom, 2025-01-30, 4 comments)
- [Beautiful new Dragons Breath leaf in the sun ☀️](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/o9xy1QSiQA0crEswBZapTD.md) (by JacksUrbanGarden, 2025-01-29, 2 comments)
- [Hi Alocasia gurus:) Just picked up this little guy from a store, my mom is a big fan of saving plants and was very keen…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/gsGwE74dVUtjBJQAHW7llR.md) (by 🎲Sunmoth🍡, 2025-01-28, 4 comments)
- [Picked this beautiful lady up from the plant shop the other day and was just wondering if anyone could provide some…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/MfyiWlbNpxcQFsYBEt74Zp.md) (by TeddysPlantHaven, 2025-01-27, 1 comment)
- [Needing help! Is this thrips? I'm having some spots on my leaves, no overwatering, cleaned bottom of leaves with neem…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/7lCQXzwmr135CIwilOuyBa.md) (by ang, 2025-01-26, 9 comments)
- [wanted to show off my beautiful alocasia babies that i’ve grown from corms. this was my first time growing alocasias…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/qYJS8I5Z7aHmKNdlGrl60e.md) (by abby, 2025-01-26, 6 comments)
- [Just wanted to show you guys my pretty frydek. I was actually almost killing her because I totally took on a plant I…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/j2PVyUYZa6cMk6e6Wl7MXS.md) (by Kheyla, 2025-01-25, 4 comments)

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