Laurelantur
First Alocasia. The new leaf looks weird. It is a bit cold (64) where it is but there isn’t a warmer location I can put it. I have one of those ikea mini green house but it isn’t any warmer.
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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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Jenna
I’ve had this plant for over a year and have never seen new growth look like this? What’s going on here!?
Nicki
Hi everyone! I just got this lil baby variegated Frydek in the mail today. He’s so pretty and I am TERRIFIED to kill him! Generally I’m pretty good with plants, and most of my plants are tropical. I have humidifiers and a grow light for everybody. Anyone have tips on helping him thrive?
Plantguncle78
Just growing and growing. Does anyone know how big the blizzard gets?
fuey
i read an article saying that alocasias thrive in temps of about 77-95 or so.. is this true? has anyone had experience with keeping an alocasia under a heated mat or wrapping their pot with a “jacket” of some sort?
Ex-Plant Killer 🌱👌
Can someone tell me what is happening to my baby❤️🌱😭 it has a grow light and humidifier Help!
🎀 Maddie 🕸️
what should i do? 🥲 my plant is in tough condition.
Lili
New leaves 🌱✨
StacyA
My alocacia zebrina finally died. I checked out the roots and they didn't look good. From the core I pulled out these kernels. What can I do with them? Will they grow? water? ? Plant in soil? Keep in water??
Wolfen 🐺
I wasn't really sold on these at first, I'd just popped them on to fill out an import order. But man they are getting cool lookin
xCALiber
Newest leaf on my variegated Alocasia Frydek
Gray
Is this a glitch??? Typically I water my plants based on Planta’s schedule and I haven’t had any problems. Sometimes I’m a day or two off. But today I watered all of my plants and noticed it was saying to water some of my alocasias again in 2 days. I know that’s wrong, bc alocasias would hate me if I gave them that much water, so I’m not going to do it, but what’s going on?? Is this a glitch?? Thanks!
mmm
id on this? Was thinking portora
Drew
An someone help ID please? Literally got it an hour ago thought it may be a black velvet but not sure as the leaves look very round
Abbi
Is this just the usual alocasia low humidity issues or is there something else I should know???
Laurelantur
Newbie I bought an Alocasia cuprea today. I maybe should have learned about this one before buying it. Impulse! I read they are sensitive to cold and do best in a warm room, like 77 warm. I keep my house at 65 in the winter. The plant is in a warmer part of the house, but it’s maybe 68? It will get 3-4 hours of direct sun. I am seeing inconsistent info on how much light. What’s been your experience with temperature and direct sun? Any other advice?
K
In case anyone is coveting the “purple” Alocasia longiloba: I’m pretty sure that’s not actually a different variety from the standard; the purple is just something they do when they get really high levels of light. The two photos on this post are of the same plant. The more typical looking leaf grew in a north-facing window. The purple leaf grew directly after that one, but I’d moved the plant to a very bright grow box. From what I’ve seen, sellers are still saying the purple form needs bright light to get that color, so I don’t think it’s different. I’ve had this happen with two longilobas from separate sources, so I don’t think it’s a fluke. Before you shell out 10x the price for the purple version, consider getting the original and giving it lots of bright light.
Fern
I had this rooted Alocasia Mystic bulb sitting in water to help the roots develop a bit more. I noticed it smelled really bad and it was rotting at the bottom. If I had to guess I'd say it's because the container I had it in was too small. I went to rinse it off but a good chunk of the bottom was really soft and spongy and washed away. Do we think it'll survive? Any tips?
Lindsey
I got a wittle baby spot of sport variegation on this corm grown Polly 🥹
Shannon
Does she look healthy to you? Got her on sale for $10 at Walmart and not sure why they marked her down?
