--- 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. 7461 members, 1538 posts ## Posts - [Chopped anything that was dead and looked for corms. Left is a frydek and right is a golden bone. Any of these look ok?…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/TSiSvuPBSjSNI0uFW5Vr6g.md) (by Freedomskai, 2024-06-01, 2 comments) - [can some one please let me know what kind of Alocasia this is??????!!!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/oweG6kJWRFi3dmjYZKoAfA.md) (by Amanda, 2024-05-31, 3 comments) - [Was worried he wasn’t going to be very variegated but obviously love him anyway and then this leaf popped out \*chefs…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/aUCt3uphRQOBh3lvjbQE0A.md) (by Botanista, 2024-05-31, 0 comments) - [Strange Marking on Leaf: Hi all! Just wondering if anyone has experienced this - my new leaf recently unfurled on my…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/_fMsgRoSRqePKTjh4j_fiA.md) (by Ria, 2024-05-31, 0 comments) - [My new variegated Frydek just arrived in the mail! It came in this cute little 2” pot and I’m super excited to finally…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/w92o1KfQRuS2iipMRQhDbg.md) (by Pachyfaeria, 2024-05-30, 6 comments) - [My new and second alocasia 😍 black velvet 🩵 she was in desperate need of new soil but had healthy roots. Hopefully…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Jpsbe8rxSoqWvEcIybEITw.md) (by Josie, 2024-05-30, 0 comments) - [The baby plant is looking like that and I don’t know why. There is not much humidity in my room and I suspect why the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/YE29XiEgSlygrIYkxexHIA.md) (by Ezi, 2024-05-29, 4 comments) - [I feel ashamed to say I lost both of my alocasias this month to spider mites 😞 should I throw them out or look for…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/xYB8lp_wRwi4rsx18PGHMg.md) (by Freedomskai, 2024-05-29, 3 comments) - [Does anyone know why the corms are growing above the soil instead of below? I have about 15 others growing in the same…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/c2o4Y6T7RMac0Sm2GFxPrQ.md) (by Bella56, 2024-05-28, 0 comments) - [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) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=mK2wtXxv0hdQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQCOhowHKtLgGA) --- _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_