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title: "Hi Folks, I’m flummoxed! This doesn’t look like all the images of…"
description: "Hi Folks, I’m flummoxed! This doesn’t look like all the images of Corms I’ve seen. They all had a long tail & a ‘slightly Pointed side’. This Pharos Mask Corm…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/zktsrTLWSQCjjRSZ3pqRIw"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "MudSkipper Jnr"
published: "2024-04-30T22:19:24.618511Z"
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# Hi Folks, I’m flummoxed! This doesn’t look like all the images of…

_Posted by MudSkipper Jnr on 2024-04-30_

Hi Folks,  
I’m flummoxed!  
This doesn’t look like all the images of Corms I’ve seen. They all had a long tail \& a ‘slightly Pointed side’.  
This Pharos Mask Corm has a rounded side \& a pointed side. Is the pointed side where I’d expect to see a tail attached to the mother plant?

Meaning I’d plant it rounded side up? ‘No. 2’ That just doesn’t look right!

However pointed side ‘No. 1’ just doesn’t feel right!

#FailingAtTheFirstHurdle 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/SOSlvNirR6TloPacEoi-b_jz_ANsJTTP4ZmyjfVa5rs/pBTH4XDkSsGwzd2rn0vSFw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/SOSlvNirR6TloPacEoi-b_jz_ANsJTTP4ZmyjfVa5rs/zIcfzvBHQAeHpQvCfYFXYA.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### Ji11 commented on 2024-04-30

No. 1 pointy side up.

#### MudSkipper Jnr replied on 2024-05-01

Thanks Jill  
Really appreciate it. I felt so daft but just couldn’t figure it out xx

#### Ji11 replied on 2024-05-01

No problem! I was having the same conundrum last year when planting these lol

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