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Alocasia Aficionados

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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Kheyla

Just wanted to show you guys my pretty frydek. I was actually almost killing her because I totally took on a plant I didn’t know how to care for … but I’ve been giving her lots of tlc and now she keeps giving me new growth! 😁

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Lilli 🦖

hi! just picked up this little guy and was wondering what variation it is! thanks!

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oq

Looking for help! Relatively new to plants and hoping to save this one. Got her from a big box store on a whim in December and she’s been slowly deteriorating. The center leaf has been slowly yellowing since I got her, had to chop one dying leaf a month or so ago and now another one is on its way out. No new growth at all. I feel like everything I read says something different. Fertilizer, water more, water less, more sun, less sun, etc. I don’t have very bright light in my apartment but my other plants are doing fine with it. Is this “dormancy”? Should I chop all the leaves down back and start over?

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Dee4Life

Hi - any suggestions on how I can save my alocasia purpley? This is the last live leaf and I'm scared she will pass away :(

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Rae

I need help identifying my Alocasia. The leaves are very elongated. Thanks!

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Erin

Question: Why is that leaf turning brown? Context: Browning leaf is the only sign of distress. No sign of pests. Watering and liquid fertilizing happens as often as the app suggests — or I snooze the task if the soil’s still wet. I used to have the plant on a shelf a few feet away from the window, where it started to droop and a few leaves died. It’s been much happier (and put out a new leaf) ever since I moved it to the sill. *I have not checked the roots recently. Maybe that’s the next move.

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JenPlants909

I picked this guy up yesterday and he’s not looking so hot. I just watered and it hasn’t perked up (about 6 hours). The spots are worrisome. I did just spray and wipe down all the leaves for fear of mites. Any ideas?

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Lindsey

SOS… What happens if I just let them grow like that? lol It’s -5 in Chicago and I reallyyy don’t want go outside to dig my pots and soil out of the greenhouse to repot this mother trucker and her children 🫠

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Joycita

My black velvet just unfurled a new leaf 😍

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Lorien

I got an Alocasia Macrorrhiza Camouflage today and can’t find it on Planta :/ Does anybody know if there’s an other name for it so I can add it to my collection on the app? I’m seeing a “giant taro splash”, to my knowledge this is the same thing…? Not sure Any care tips would be appreciated too :))

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Lillian

I received this cuprea from a friend for christmas. However, in the last month, it has lost 4 leaves. Its remaining leaves seem to be drooping, and I don’t know how to stop it. I water it every 7-10 days, and the pot it’s currently in has no drainage. Does anyone have any advice on how I can keep her alive? 😅 I welcome and greatly appreciate any tips!

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Halo

Do you guys know what is this? Looks kinda weird

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Plants & Paws

My first Polly is giving me a hard time 😳 The smaller leaves are all yellowing and dying. Doesn’t seem over or under watered but I could be wrong! Any ideas on how to help this cutie ?! Thanks!!

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Kayla

Just got this Maharani, what advice do you all have for me? I’ve got a klingsbo cabinet not weather stripped and each shelf has one barring t5 pink-white light bar. Cabinet stays at about 66% humidity. In soil with rocks on top to help prevent gnats, watered 2-3 days ago fertilized 2 weeks ago.

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Josh

What do i doooo?😫 This one lady gave it to me potted! When i pulled it out I noticed it had no root system!

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Jules

I have a sprouted Alocasia Baginda (Pink Dragon) corm in a small sauce container with perlite and fluval stratum. I bought it on FB Marketplace and since I’ve brought it home it has done nothing for me. When I brought it home it had one leaf and appears to have another trying to start. That’s being said, it hasn’t done much of anything. I know something must be wrong with the conditions I’m providing so I’m trying to pinpoint what’s going wrong. For reference, it’s winter where I live (probably not the best time to bring this plant home, I know), we have a Woodstove that makes the ambient humidity 20% so I keep it under a glass jar with water sprayed inside and I let it breathe for about an hour each day. It gets bright indirect light from the window where it sits most of the time and direct sun for the hour that it’s out since I move it to the kitchen when the sun comes in. The new leaf shoot just looks crinkled and isn’t growing. Roots looks healthy. I did pull off 6 tiny corms and I’m trying to get those started just in case this plant doesn’t make it. Any advice is welcome.

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Deana

I have a relatively small dragon scale Alocasia. It had five good leaves on it. My cat ripped off two leaves from the top of the stem. The stems are still intact. Will it regrow leaves at the top of the stems or should I cut them down to the base to have them regrow?

Alocasia addict

I cleared out another old nursery pot that had long ago been replanted and lo and behold , a A. wentii corm. No bottle caps available so we gotta do what we gotta do to get him going. Cheers lil buddy!

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kayy

somebody please sos, idk what’s wrong with my alocasia black velvet. i know it’s not overwatered but today i came home and the leaf stem is translucent and has tan bumps what’s wrong with it and how do i fix it?

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Mkplantmom

It was okay before I left for 4 days… I got back and come to find out my lights didn’t shut off at all 😭 What can I do!?

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