--- 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. 7459 members, 1537 posts ## Posts - [Don't know anything about Alocasia but I finally repot my Alocasia cuprea last night. How did I do? I’m testing out…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Ck0prDvksrG3BCn9V8J8g6.md) (by エンゼルベビー💖, 2026-07-04, 5 comments) - [Hey alocasia lovers, don’t be a dummy like me and somehow confuse alocasia’s and Calatheas. lol they don’t even…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/0sxzjYz9TfQgl95scapm7k.md) (by Shelbie, 2026-07-01, 3 comments) - [Ms Polly lives on ✨️ let's see if I have better luck with these corms that I was able to salvage](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/31ZRMjNNKSPijpqp4KP2pp.md) (by Lost Hyperion 🪴, 2026-06-29, 0 comments) - [Just bought this baby from the swap meet and it’s a little beat up. It’s my first alocasia so any advice would be…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/yczUeot4Z7DXsrKWO1Gl1S.md) (by エンゼルベビー💖, 2026-06-29, 1 comment) - [Hi guys! So my alocasia pushed off a nee leaf and dropped an old one which isn’t surprising but after shes getting…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Aogqgm1EcGuSdmtMiyJ4tv.md) (by Alesha, 2026-06-28, 3 comments) - [Trader Joe’s did it to me again. I just brought home an Alocasia Polly. My first Alocasia of any kind. I understand…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/sF4NdmhBDF2HM3GEifRhRB.md) (by BigGahoona, 2026-06-28, 4 comments) - [Can someone tell me what this is , it's outside](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/EsuFlfgyMqarCCN7RD18Xy.md) (by Lisa, 2026-06-28, 7 comments) - [I saved this alocasia lutea from the discount table at my favorite local nursery about a month ago. Today she said…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/engyleR3zJ0HO6ThRUn3GW.md) (by Petals n pothos, 2026-06-27, 1 comment) - [My Frydek is finally doing well!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/9eATSzhSpFhhAxuacy7JlU.md) (by Nikki, 2026-06-26, 0 comments) - [Ok, so I heard that Alocasias are dramatic. But this whole “drop a full grown healthy leaf to pop out a baby leaf”…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/LlBt3Ueyrpq1lzmcLxjwEH.md) (by RootedInPeace, 2026-06-22, 29 comments) - [I got this alocasia cuprea today and this is the condition it was in. I noticed it’s pretty much the same damage as the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/iXLoqm4vX7TF3t7OlPv2GJ.md) (by Nikiller, 2026-06-19, 5 comments) - [Hello! I need some help with identifying what kind of alocasia this guy is. Planta says black velvet and Gemini says…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/onsSB0pL7reZUCgnbtaG8N.md) (by Tay, 2026-06-19, 8 comments) - [My Polly's new home.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/AW7ZV4rxEe3yPXT6hyr4yv.md) (by Jay Grebinger, 2026-06-18, 0 comments) - [My Zebrina. 😭 she’s my first Alocasia. In the beginning I was struggling. Only could keep two leaves on her. Now look…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/vLhQoeIpwfbAAB0rGl1Nua.md) (by Tellie, 2026-06-18, 6 comments) - [Went to the store JUST for soil.... came home with this beauty. Alocasia Black Cobra](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/fJTgUaOopFmySCBLrSvfxk.md) (by Cris, 2026-06-13, 5 comments) - [I just got my first alocasia today, I just finished washing his leaves off with some leaf cleaning spray as he was…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/lPVD8qKAnVYG9RMyq9DWA9.md) (by Nikiller, 2026-06-12, 3 comments) - [Hello, I recently got an alocascia melo. She was thriving when I took her home but after about a week shes gotten a…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/V63EWHJMUTZh4WIQlMpuVT.md) (by Charlotte, 2026-06-07, 3 comments) - [WTF is up with this petiole? Never seen one like this. Looks like a flower bud.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/b4nI86i9ikW3JBltN5i76r.md) (by BlondeinBrooklyn, 2026-06-05, 3 comments) - [My first Alocasia! Found her in the “please save me” bin at my local big box. She has come a long way in just a week!…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/NcMdd2J4Hl2Egra8x9BFhE.md) (by Meg, 2026-06-05, 0 comments) - [I was about to toss this alocasia because it was a stalk with one leaf, now there’s multiple points of new growth…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/bZrrZlO2ubBNL7vM8Cwrai.md) (by Madderdebs, 2026-06-01, 3 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=GGANgin3tBhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQDohijPtCXgGA) --- _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_