--- 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. 7460 members, 1537 posts ## Posts - [My pink dragon has been in my collection for about two or three years, for so long she was only holding two leaves at a…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Yy32kFCI9uLu33WPIG3av8.md) (by allison 🌞🍃, 2025-04-22, 1 comment) - [Help please!! What is the best way to ship alocasia corms? TIA](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/fRi3Sjebq18frA0WwGROqH.md) (by Molly, 2025-04-22, 4 comments) - [How does everyone take care of their corms?](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/k50sHAuV5NbguYHmc6at0h.md) (by BotanicalBookworm\_13, 2025-04-21, 1 comment) - [This lovely lady, newly sprouted from a corm from my big momma plant. 🩷](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/5MIXW8HCHIIJW7JQ8KY2gj.md) (by Houseplant Heretic, 2025-04-19, 6 comments) - [Does anyone think the yellowing edges likely due to a nitrogen/fertilizer deficiency? I don’t see any pests or issues.](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/oDF2FhDKfoa8MJBnVnfHBQ.md) (by CN, 2025-04-18, 1 comment) - [Hi everyone! My alocasia elephant ear × polly needs urgent help. It's a rescue from a store, and it's had thrips for a…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/fsjVVkiBLkNClvBNCbIFE1.md) (by 🎲Sunmoth🍡, 2025-04-16, 7 comments) - [Variegated dragon scale](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/HsAXz11QQJFMgNoSGwL5JC.md) (by Nikki, 2025-04-16, 0 comments) - [Hello Alocasia Admirers! My Alocasia longiloba is looking a little pale, not sure what’s causing it. I haven’t changed…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/KWo6gKLNZI1ILBRsF2wDLR.md) (by BotanicalBookworm\_13, 2025-04-13, 1 comment) - [Hi, this is my Melo. I’m not sure what this is. Hopefully it’s a good thing and maybe a flower but if you wouldn’t mind…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/QUEElnditIFepGC7DquQ1Q.md) (by Rhona, 2025-04-13, 3 comments) - [went back for the alocasia I saw at my local plant shop🤍 but what is the white residue on the tops of the leaves? my…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/0qFAdrelpSJ4PZgoPrhJk5.md) (by micaela, 2025-04-12, 5 comments) - [Regal Shield Repot= Way too many corms 😭😭😭](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Tbrbw6DVN4WNX3qtWYWoYa.md) (by Z.Mo, 2025-04-12, 1 comment) - [New alocasia owner here!!! This is my dragons breath that I just got. I also have an azlanii on the way. Any tips are…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/iMuqY6uCZ7mbTLBaXGBRoi.md) (by Adi🌱, 2025-04-11, 0 comments) - [Hey! I attempted to propagate corms and seem to be having some success. Would you say it’s time to plant the ones with…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/snq5DD0DdvdxBhn7Y7RJYI.md) (by Chels, 2025-04-11, 1 comment) - [My newest cuprea leaf is so beautiful! I love their coloring 😍](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/Tgd6U1tvSsdYM7Xw2vwKUH.md) (by Erica, 2025-04-11, 6 comments) - [Nooooo my variegated frydek keeps making leaves with too much white 😭 (first pic is her older leaves when I first got…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/qlNyAvr3ZXY1CSrGyV3Iaq.md) (by allison 🌞🍃, 2025-04-11, 0 comments) - [Hi Planta friends! Any idea what Alocasia this is?? Planta says Dragon Scale (although I know it’s not). It was bought…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/U8bymIMvIRC1D08RqN4vdG.md) (by Kevin, 2025-04-10, 5 comments) - [Just repotted this colocasia ‘mojito’ into a self watering pot 💚](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/C3Z4Mv0WMHmSlfpdMzuiQn.md) (by laura 🩷🪴, 2025-04-09, 4 comments) - [Okay …. Can these live? … alocasia frydek she was big and dying I took her apart and she has some propagations that are…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/p5v8FDjbTAGKSeTG2YpKjU.md) (by Kheyla, 2025-04-09, 6 comments) - [cannot stop thinking about this alocasia I saw at a local plant nursery…I almost took her home but felt like she could…](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/VYM7AqQ2JosDToWGMKYUYv.md) (by micaela, 2025-04-09, 4 comments) - [My black velvet flowered. 😍🤩 I’ve never had an alocasia flower before. It’s so cute!!!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/u7SPIzo6lOBE0N2twT8kpA.md) (by Josie, 2025-04-08, 3 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=GMCvw0h0NBhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQABGE06N3zgGA) --- _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_