--- 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. 7466 members, 1543 posts ## Posts - [I wasn't really sold on these at first, I'd just popped them on to fill out an import order. But man they are getting…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/me7yUhYIGcCZ6NmrbjvhBN.md) (by Wolfen 🐺, 2025-03-04, 8 comments) - [Newest leaf on my variegated Alocasia Frydek](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/JOAYQzzOFV87c0WQvtmMPy.md) (by xCALiber, 2025-03-03, 1 comment) - [Is this a glitch??? Typically I water my plants based on Planta’s schedule and I haven’t had any problems. Sometimes…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/tR3cZFpzpnxcQunruzkZIw.md) (by Gray, 2025-03-03, 6 comments) - [id on this? Was thinking portora](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Lu2f81TGGBJUmqSt3mufFE.md) (by mmm, 2025-02-28, 7 comments) - [An someone help ID please? Literally got it an hour ago thought it may be a black velvet but not sure as the leaves…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/PrdVxC5X3b88d3Z93SzY62.md) (by Drew, 2025-02-28, 2 comments) - [Is this just the usual alocasia low humidity issues or is there something else I should know???](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/00bz7PwIuQU9cp2qVkBc6n.md) (by Abbi, 2025-02-28, 5 comments) - [Newbie I bought an Alocasia cuprea today. I maybe should have learned about this one before buying it. Impulse! I read…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Nqj9x66FfiJQWYf49iNQPw.md) (by Laurelantur, 2025-02-28, 6 comments) - [In case anyone is coveting the “purple” Alocasia longiloba: I’m pretty sure that’s not actually a different variety…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/3g65SZCDcUJAK0td2SuFDz.md) (by K, 2025-02-27, 1 comment) - [I had this rooted Alocasia Mystic bulb sitting in water to help the roots develop a bit more. I noticed it smelled…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/3d39xvoaQfiXZIEmnEcHFV.md) (by Fern, 2025-02-26, 4 comments) - [I got a wittle baby spot of sport variegation on this corm grown Polly 🥹](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/el9U8bC3FvgLfIRMzbG0B4.md) (by Lindsey, 2025-02-26, 0 comments) - [Does she look healthy to you? Got her on sale for $10 at Walmart and not sure why they marked her down?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Mf72FWNkQja99YntY4yRtJ.md) (by Shannon, 2025-02-26, 8 comments) - [Dragon scale alocasia🖤](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/u56c0eZ0vE9xpUKPHCP8yH.md) (by Mk, 2025-02-26, 1 comment) - [What the heck… so this plant hated me at first and didn’t do anything for like a year. Then she started putting out…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/MMSxlJZ2GeeLfC70yZouMN.md) (by Ecunningham, 2025-02-25, 4 comments) - [Can someone help me confirm this ID? Is it a Silver Dragon Albo or Dragon Scale Albo? Or something else? Thank you](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/TSkg1OPyU3ecw0gEpLnG7z.md) (by April, 2025-02-25, 1 comment) - [I’ve been keeping plants for a while now and can’t seem to find anything on this. But my alocasia maharani produced…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Ts2kf8d4pbz2r9OHOyaA3f.md) (by kalli, 2025-02-24, 4 comments) - [i am wondering what type of alocasia i have? it was labeled as a black magic at the store.. but she seems too “shiny”…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/1ySvJGUJKbRdzNQCx3E1l7.md) (by fuey, 2025-02-24, 3 comments) - [I repotted my plant and I've already lost 2 leaves and now I'm about to lose another. I also cleaned the leaves with…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/GYVD27oJinWZTC5Y9SgM7e.md) (by J. Gibson, 2025-02-23, 4 comments) - [Just updates on my alocasias seeing alot of growth](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/HSsRAJjbniTExJu5Ag8JiO.md) (by Plantguncle78, 2025-02-23, 2 comments) - [Just a shout out to some of my favorite Alocasias!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/A1DzB9KCx9NxEDZXV4CKnq.md) (by Kevin, 2025-02-22, 3 comments) - [Hi everyone, I’ve had this black velvet for just under a year and it has always been in pretty good health until the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/syG7AkcvJ5QE6o35Om9Jkn.md) (by Drew, 2025-02-22, 3 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=GMToc8eJJhhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQBUM7RTt5zhGA) --- _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_