Foliage plants
Discover the beauty of Alocasias and Colocasias with fellow plant lovers, share tips, and embrace the joy of cultivating these exotic treasures.
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hey everyone! ive had my alocasia polly for about 2 months now (got her when she was about 7 months old i think) but she’s stalled a bit. she recently lost 2 (of 4) leaves and hasnt grown any new ones… the center (pictured) has been growing very slowly but it doesnt really resemble a normal leaf. does anyone know what’s going on? for reference, i got my alocasia frydek at the same time and it’s put out 2 new leaves (and another emerging) thus far.
Help! I finally ordered my alocasia flying squid and it came in the mail last Friday and it’s already lost 3 leaves and a fourth one has begun to droop hard since this morning. It came in a 2” plastic pot in one of those little spongey plugs and some soil shoved on top. It was falling out of the pot and the plug was crumbly when I opened it so I removed the plug bits and put it in a mix of perlite, bark, peat and soil in a 2” terracotta pot and watered it. No root rot or anything, roots looked good but it’s so tiny the root system isn’t large. Watered again today, the soil was already mostly dry since it’s so small. I’ve been an alocasia killer in the past so I really don’t want to kill this little guy 😭 do yall think the lost leaves are just from travel stress? Or maybe temperature change? It did come from Florida and I’m in western PA. The day it arrived was the beginning of much colder weather here (like only hitting 70 degrees daytime and it was 45 last night). It’s inside under a grow light but we’ve had a few windows open during the day and no heat turned on at night yet since it’s August and this is weird weather. It’s still around 66-68 degrees in the house at night with windows closed. What do yall think? Suggestions? Picture with plastic pot was Friday, other picture is today. Killing an alocasia in under a week would be a record low for me 🥴
I’ve just brought what I believe is a Alocasia × amazonica polly . Does anyone know what these little spots are? Are the curled leaves due to unhappiness? I’m looking to repot to a well draining soil mix this weekend (one she’s had time to settle ) the soil was dry so I have bottom fed .
What’s wrong with my baby dragon scale? She’s becoming dry and crunchy on the side of her leaf. She gets bright indirect light and I mist her everyday for humidity. I also only water her when she is dry. She has little new growth and I don’t want it to also become brown and dry. TIA!!!
I have this bambino, she’s domed off the leaves are coming back but I’m wondering when do I un dome ? 😅
When your baby Alocasia finally takes a growth spurt 😍
After a visit to my local plant shop (god I love that place!), buying two new plants and some GT Root Zone, the shop owner gave me all the confidence to transfer her over to pon! This is my THIRD try with this one! I bought small in the hopes that would help!!! She gave me a new leaf and her roots look GREAT!
When a wishlist plant is in the plant shop! New leaf on the top and another one unfurling! 😍
hey everyone! does anyone know if my alocasia frydek is turning variegated or if there’s something wrong with it? this is her newest leaf and it looks a little splotchy—I thought it was just being awkward when growing but the leaf is almost fully grown and the patchy parts didnt go away.
I’ve had this elephant ear for a little while now and at first I had a lot of issues keeping it alive. I finally put it outside and it’s been growing a lot ever since but it’s still dropping leaves here and there and browning on the edges occasionally. I’ve also had issue with it dropping so I gave it a stake but all the ones I see online don’t need it. Any advice on fixing these issues? I also water it when it starts to look a little sad or when the soil is dry.
I found this leaf on one of my Alocasias today. Does anyone know possible cause? No signs of buggies on the underside of the leaf. I just don’t want the whole plant to turn! Thanks!
So I decided to do a little terrarium experiment. This is my first alocasia and I knew they require high humidity. So I decided to take a corm and grow it out of a water bottle I reshaped… I used horticultural sentiment as the base. It has been growing very well it’s just I keep having the same problem over and over again. It will grow either one or two perfect leaves then one has to turn yellow before a new one sprouts. What you see in the picture below is one of the new leaves. And the tip of the old leaf yellowing. All advice would be appreciated!! (I plan to eventually get a self watering pot and re-pot it in pon in the future.)
My first new Melo leaf 🤩🤩
Hi everyone, I’ve been a plant mum now for a while and am considering buying my first Alocasia! I’m based in the U.K. and have heard from more experienced plant people that they’re difficult to keep alive ☹️ Can anyone give me any tips for keeping this baby alive if I was to purchase her?
Would you divide these or let them grow the way they are? I want a full plant, but don’t want to restrict them negatively.
I just got this alocasia from Lowe’s and need some help identifying what type of alocasia it is.
Can someone explain help? Why is this happening to my Alocasia Hilo Beauty?? 😩😩😩
How beautiful is that leaf 🐉 😍
A beauty 🥰🥰
POLLY CORM UPDATE! I’ve never made it this far before!! 😅 any suggestions or tips on what to do next??
