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title: "I won a mystery corm on a Whatnot app auction. The corm is already in…"
description: "I won a mystery corm on a Whatnot app auction. The corm is already in a corm cup, and it has been doing great with one exception. It looks like the roots and…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/jJAMQcNPuSs3lyy1PU9kSR"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "Grammy_Lisa"
published: "2026-04-09T23:04:17.487775Z"
language: "en"
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# I won a mystery corm on a Whatnot app auction. The corm is already in…

_Posted by Grammy\_Lisa on 2026-04-09_

I won a mystery corm on a Whatnot app auction. The corm is already in a corm cup, and it has been doing great with one exception. It looks like the roots and the plant are all coming from the one end. The other end of the corm isn’t growing anything at all. This really IS a mystery.  
Has this ever happened to anyone else? And if so, what do I do about it? Anything?

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## 1 comment

### Grammy\_Lisa commented on 2026-05-06

I got some info from a corm/Alocasia expert-the corm had been planted upside down. She told me to just turn it around \& the roots will migrate to where they need to be. And there ya’ have it. :-)

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