--- 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. 7467 members, 1544 posts ## Posts - [Just received a Dragon Scale baby in the mail! 😊 Excited to watch her grow 🪴](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/xH_ulQjDTvKX-lKslWFGwg.md) (by Ria, 2024-05-28, 7 comments) - [This fella is NOT doing well. Does anyone have any advice?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/mdM2KmggSEqrUcP63T1GgA.md) (by Shallum, 2024-05-28, 3 comments) - [I need help identifying this cutie!🤍🪴](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/VYyYf97CRGW5c0d_J-9OmA.md) (by Doll, 2024-05-28, 5 comments) - [Pros \& Cons of Soil or Leca…👇🏼 I’ve been contemplating changing to Leca. Wanting to know what people would recommend…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/aG67oNgBSkaR3mGd1oBxGw.md) (by k, 2024-05-27, 2 comments) - [If I have a mature Alocasia, that is now in old potting soil, when I re-pot her, is the best medium simply LECA? Will…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Db6hKEUyTdeks47HLyrDEw.md) (by Lynda, 2024-05-27, 1 comment) - [just took this alocasia jacklyn out of soil and think it might have a corm, can anyone confirm this before I pull it…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/KINAuz4gQ8K8F8KjjIJ5Sw.md) (by Sebi + Anaïs, 2024-05-27, 4 comments) - [Why does my self watering pot have this inside of it? What can I do to eliminate it? Randomly happened I have had this…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/SOGmeiJHQMyFgRD-e1srBA.md) (by Smartyplants, 2024-05-27, 5 comments) - [Look at my little black stem that I’ve grown from a bulbi! She just kicked out her second leaf and I spy a third just…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/YbZbFISjRSWHsU2NXK34fw.md) (by ValleyoftheSun, 2024-05-26, 0 comments) - [hey peeps! i think have some base rot on my alocasia dragon scale but i’m not sure and i don’t know what to do!…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/fgbxfvyxTweLqQHyDpIbiA.md) (by ila, 2024-05-26, 3 comments) - [Im honestly shocked at how fast this second leaf is growing!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/e1hBTzQJTZ2YyWEXTX4nWw.md) (by Hugo\_Stiglitz, 2024-05-25, 0 comments) - [First new leaf on my baby Purpley . Up until now the leaf in the back was the only one it had .](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/nXVVNXWqQcG6ZM_eHCH1Ow.md) (by Malinda, 2024-05-24, 0 comments) - [Can some one tell me which Alocasia this is ? I know there are several with similar patterns \& shapes \& I’m having a…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/xd-hZlpER2epQpF5aUmMmw.md) (by Malinda, 2024-05-24, 6 comments) - [Why is my blizzard shriveling like this? What are those brownish marks that appear? Help 😫](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/YlUtFydyREeW2CaharUCpQ.md) (by Smartyplants, 2024-05-23, 2 comments) - [This utterly gorgeous specimen is pushing out yet another amazing half moon leaf 🤩😍🥳 #frydek](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/LAh1fRKQQ2mofFmriOjaLw.md) (by J’s foliage, 2024-05-23, 0 comments) - [New leaf!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/o71S0oiJS5iO-uWL1tzz6A.md) (by Hugo\_Stiglitz, 2024-05-22, 0 comments) - [I had to share the newest leaf on my regal shield! 😃](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Zeld--k1RTG4oSeGgajsBg.md) (by AmyB, 2024-05-22, 4 comments) - [I’m not sure where these brown spots came from. Any advice?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/IUxoZTMHTTuXFUiPZVfe3Q.md) (by JenPlants909, 2024-05-22, 3 comments) - [I got this bambino not even 4 days ago and he is rapidly declining! This happened with another alocasia polly that I…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/hpeVFMAQRcq-v95SQ7m4lw.md) (by Alex, 2024-05-22, 10 comments) - [ive got my first corm from my beloved black velvet alocasia, should i pluck it off when its bigger too grow it or can…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/z_5_QLhxRi6Y8JRoEQFK3Q.md) (by Carrie, 2024-05-22, 1 comment) - [She is flowering!! 😱😱😍](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/T8cA_CBGS1aJUsueRDiPnA.md) (by Courtney P, 2024-05-22, 5 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=mC711d2r0RdQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQAZo2yCb-XhGA) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. 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