--- 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. 7466 members, 1542 posts ## Posts - [went back for the alocasia I saw at my local plant shopšŸ¤ but what is the white residue on the tops of the leaves? myā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/0qFAdrelpSJ4PZgoPrhJk5.md) (by micaela, 2025-04-12, 5 comments) - [Regal Shield Repot= Way too many corms šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­](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 areā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/iMuqY6uCZ7mbTLBaXGBRoi.md) (by AdišŸŒ±, 2025-04-11, 0 comments) - [Hey! I attempted to propagate corms and seem to be having some success. Would you say itā€™s time to plant the ones withā€¦](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 šŸ˜](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 šŸ˜­ (first pic is her older leaves when I first gotā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/qlNyAvr3ZXY1CSrGyV3Iaq.md) (by allison šŸŒžšŸƒ, 2025-04-11, 0 comments) - [Hi Planta friends! Any idea what Alocasia this is?? Planta says Dragon Scale (although I know itā€™s not). It was boughtā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/U8bymIMvIRC1D08RqN4vdG.md) (by Kevin, 2025-04-10, 5 comments) - [Just repotted this colocasia ā€˜mojitoā€™ into a self watering pot šŸ’š](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/C3Z4Mv0WMHmSlfpdMzuiQn.md) (by laura šŸ©·šŸŖ“, 2025-04-09, 4 comments) - [Okay ā€¦. Can these live? ā€¦ alocasia frydek she was big and dying I took her apart and she has some propagations that areā€¦](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 nurseryā€¦I almost took her home but felt like she couldā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/VYM7AqQ2JosDToWGMKYUYv.md) (by micaela, 2025-04-09, 4 comments) - [My black velvet flowered. šŸ˜šŸ¤© Iā€™ve never had an alocasia flower before. Itā€™s so cute!!!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/u7SPIzo6lOBE0N2twT8kpA.md) (by Josie, 2025-04-08, 3 comments) - [Melo. I LOVE the alien looking leaves! šŸ‘½šŸŒ±](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/nl41bhcZxQikD2UR9ucGDe.md) (by Tina, 2025-04-07, 4 comments) - [The only Alocasia Iā€™ve managed to keep alive and getting new growthā€¦ and I dropped it on its head \& cracked it when Iā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/zOJfWG0UB5c7qx0O1iUJ6k.md) (by gia, 2025-04-07, 3 comments) - [Need advice on growing corms!! Whatā€™s your preferred medium? Grow light or no grow light? Heat pad or no heat pad?ā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/9j8ZDAOECjWY0i7LpVr4Qz.md) (by gabbygeli, 2025-04-05, 5 comments) - [I saved this little guy from my first alocasia that I had that sadly died because I didnā€™t know how to take care of itā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/nUsj2uZ0roJfzdJJ4POhz6.md) (by Mo, 2025-04-04, 2 comments) - [These are photos of my Alocasia odora x Alocasia ā€˜Amazonicaā€™ (Mayan Mask). She is in the 4 inch nursery pot that sheā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/CC3jVP3J68PEohvLULkzIE.md) (by Grandma2aDancer, 2025-04-04, 4 comments) - [Obsessed with the new leaves on my Jacklyn. Twice as big as the old leaves!](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/u7sBxv9r0dM75CQJeZSMNF.md) (by Kyle, 2025-04-04, 2 comments) - [Hello alocasia lovers!! I need help!! I bought this alocaisa thinking it was a silver dragon, but the more it grows theā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/qFWoW6fi3O1p3xWdThN5jx.md) (by Mother Earth, 2025-04-03, 4 comments) - [Help! Alocasia #3 getting ready to die!! Planted in Leca- cleaned off roots really well. Was doing great and thenā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/z32HIpHVeaZcoD2lx5S5nV.md) (by Sheri, 2025-04-02, 3 comments) - [Alocasia stingray - The roots have started to get crazy at the bottom so I am planning to move her to the larger pot.ā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/PnY2Ovo123ShNxbrXI6LZm.md) (by CN, 2025-04-01, 1 comment) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA.md?cursor=mNizxmEOMhhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQAuCMDAlJHhGA) --- _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_