--- 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 - [I’m so happy with my beautiful elephant ear! I’ve had it nearly a year and it’s gone from three leaves to six 😊](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/4lr6sMYaRlC3Fqv2udnwbQ.md) (by Kirsty, 2024-05-12, 4 comments) - [Comment your variegated alocasia please ❤️ I really want variegated black velvet, frydek, and bambino pink variegated.…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/pkAJODLNSVW4FTbYP50T_Q.md) (by LaRosa, 2024-05-12, 3 comments) - [grew my first corm!! alocasia nairobi nights](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/CK-ZFwTdTWqzPJybaovW5A.md) (by Bea, 2024-05-12, 0 comments) - [My alocasia is sprouting a new leaf🥺 I wish i could log him but Planta doesn’t have him on here](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/VrV9rrQaQ3a9Hk_6-OYNyg.md) (by lukewitkoff, 2024-05-12, 1 comment) - [All of my alocasias are starting to flower at the same time 😳 what are the odds?!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/6Xa1owycQ5i6Cwp7mRLXqw.md) (by Squid, 2024-05-10, 2 comments) - [Does anyone have a tried-and-true soil recipe for alocasias? So far I’ve used a potting soil with extra perlite added…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/sz4cPYHERIOKuzUiaw2w1Q.md) (by Janie, 2024-05-09, 4 comments) - [Help!! Found 6 corms and I haven’t ever rooted any!! I’d love some help! 🥺](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/DX4im-imQneVUFElTiekjw.md) (by JDW, 2024-05-09, 4 comments) - [Follow up: I ended up cutting off the sickly leaf and now I have one DRY brown green leaf left. However…in one of the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/JWb1cP_yTayrYWc_6ylwgQ.md) (by Ezi, 2024-05-08, 0 comments) - [I have a juvenile colcasia mojito, and need enlightenment please.. I have read that it is normal for colcasias and…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Ucv66AFMSiWcq8-jwQFRtw.md) (by Madderdebs, 2024-05-08, 3 comments) - [Hey everyone! I have two black velvet corms sat in perlite. I was wondering does adding cutting of pothos help corms…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/e8iFFJxFR5izKHq9cAy5kA.md) (by Marc75, 2024-05-08, 2 comments) - [I bought this Polly 2 weeks ago and have only watered it once. I let it drain for about 45 mins, and is in a well lit…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/CSpb_1CbR--UAWVyd3S1Mg.md) (by Johnatan, 2024-05-07, 12 comments) - [so I got this frydek about 2 weeks ago via mail, is there anything i can do? humidity level is always in range of the…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/dJR-gwFuSp6trSihDmhn5w.md) (by Kennytheplantgal, 2024-05-06, 9 comments) - [Wanted to show off this new leaf still hardening on my black velvet 😍 also there are currently 8 leaves on this…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/n2ieKt2GQpOdwyIILdqJtg.md) (by p\_cilly, 2024-05-06, 3 comments) - [Beauty♥️](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/ei_S71MiRtuaNv-x5XkP9Q.md) (by Kait, 2024-05-06, 4 comments) - [I was wondering will this Dragon Scale survive? This my first time caring for an Alocasia and I accidentally watered it…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/KBs-PPJYSoG2cD9C0TZPYA.md) (by Ezi, 2024-05-06, 8 comments) - [Hi there! New to trying to keep plants, my friend gave me her black velvet alocasia propagation. Any advice and tips?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Xstx5B0gQi-u0kRP-0G7aw.md) (by Hugo\_Stiglitz, 2024-05-05, 3 comments) - [Anyone else having success in water with their Alocasia? I switched to water because I was having trouble with soil,…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/DwboA90QRW6UuimMdRSkWg.md) (by Alt, 2024-05-05, 9 comments) - [Omg helpppp. I have no idea what happening!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/0Ynp3NBJTyu2eHXD_CSLEw.md) (by Kayla, 2024-05-05, 0 comments) - [Should I mist my alocasia?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/XIj5pKYnTC6in6MK2arxtQ.md) (by anna 🪴🦐💌, 2024-05-03, 9 comments) - [Torn between a win and if I should be worried. My black velvet alocasia has produced a flower as well as having a new…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/-tPbpjpmSKOG1UpA9Y8-Dg.md) (by Marc75, 2024-05-03, 4 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=GCmdt0LzyxdQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQDO2_2j8u3hGA) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. 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