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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I am struggling!!!!!!! My baby is slowly dying and I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Some are telling me lighting, some are saying water proportions and I don’t know which way to go! I will be trimming off the yellow leaves. Any suggestions?
New additions to my collection Alocasia Red Cuprea “ Secret Red”
Got this dying low rider about 6 months ago, it’s now thriving! They are high maintenance plants but once you figure them out it’s so rewarding. 🥰
Hello! Need help identifying what the problem could be. It has a new leaf growing so I’m not sure if I should cut it off or just leave it. I appreciate any advice/comments 😊 the other little leaf seems to be perfectly fine!
A few of my favorite Alocasias
Help! Does anyone know why my dragon scale leaf is growing/facing downwards? The drooping stalk does not feel or look unhealthy and doesn’t feel “droopy” if that makes sense. The plant seems otherwise very healthy. 😭
Can someone identify what this is starting to grow out of my alocasia. Is it a root?
Question: I just recently moved my quilted alocasia and my silver dragon into fluval stratum. Both of them were showing signs of root rot. That’s why I made the transition. My questions are, how often should I add water? How often should I change it out for fresh stratum?
My husband (who usually knows 0 about plants) just told me this doesn’t do anything and that I should just get a glass cabinet to put them in (like ok, don’t tell me when to have a good time buddy 😂). But now I’m curious - do the bags over them help with humidity? Our house is 45-50% humidity usually, unless we get extreme cold temps and the furnace has to switch on. I thought this would help keep their humidity a bit higher than the ambient level in our house.
Does anyone know what kind of alocasia this is?
Is this an Alocasia Mayan Mask?
SOS, alocasia peeps. These two were rescued from the clearance aisle after a freeze. They are in my converted greenhouse bathroom, 50 to 70% humidity, warm temperatures, receiving about 250 foot candles of light. The photos show when I first got them, versus today. Did they go dormant? Or are they dying? When I first got them, I did check their roots, which were actually very healthy, so I’m hoping this is dormancy. But of all my alocasias, black velvet and Melos hate me the most 🫠 so I’m not sure. Thoughts?
hello all! wondering if anyone can help. I’ve had this large lady for 1+ years now. Have been through the cycle of winter leaf loss once already (but in a different house). This time round it’s losing a lot more leaves than before and now two of my leaves have ‘snapped’. Is it bad placement? Watering issue? This is a south facing window - when the sun shines its full sun! Any help would be appreciated 💛
Can this be saved??? If so, what’s the best option? Click on picture to see it in full. Back story: it was in a 4 inch pot. I went to check on the roots and most of them just disintegrated into the soil. Root rot, I suppose…
Within the past two weeks I’ve gone from “let the inflorescence grow, I heard it’s beneficial to the plant” to “this is starting to seem a bit wonky here” to “CUT THEM OFF STAT THEY’RE DRAINING TOO MUCH ENERGY” Even with fertilizing, my once extremely happy alocasia is now drooping severely on all accounts, even staked up 😭😭 I feel like I’m failing her
My current fave thing is to buy baby plants at my nursery for $2.99-3.99, like this baby alocasia. Any guesses what kind? A worker wasn’t sure as they were unpacking them and she couldn’t find the list.
Went to Lowes to look for clear nursery pots and left with this baby and an airplant instead. How often do you guys wait to repot your alocasias? It also came in a self watering, but it has a long root sticking out the bottom of the pot. I’m also curious to see if it has any corms!!
I let my alocasia flower and now it’s drooping!! Is this normal? Does it just need time to recover or am I doing something wrong?
Hellooooo!!!🥳🥳 I got these two beautiful plants yesterday and deep cleaned both of them (bc I saw some bugs in other plants at the store) and repotted them in their same pots (after washing of course) and you would not BELIEVE how many babies I found!! Trying different propagation methods and hoping everything goes smoothly!
I bought a healthy elephant ear from Trader Joe’s back over the summer. Long story short, I managed to slowly kill the main stalks and leaves. This was either through an accident causing physical trauma (one time I put it outside for some sun and it tipped over in the wind and a main leaf stalk broke in half.) or just poor care (waiting too long to repot it from its nursery post. When I finally did, it never developed strong roots, tipped over, and eventually died after I tried in vain to save it.) During its early time with me though when it was thriving, it sprouted this tiny little “baby leaf” near it in the pot. In some plants like aloe it would be called a “pup”, but not sure if the same terminology applies here. Throughout everything, only this lone leaf has survived. I’ve been leaving it in this pot for the last several weeks and while it hasn’t gotten worse, it’s not gotten any bigger than this. Is this as big as it’s going to get? Should I cut my losses and start over entirely with a new elephant ear? - A newbie in over her head 🥲
