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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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Ria
Had the pleasure of attending the Big Plant Expo last week in SC and picked up three new plants 🖤 Alocasia Black Velvet Pink; Black Velvet Gold and Maharani Albo. Did anyone else attend the plant expo? Get any new plants? 😊
Nikki
It’s been months but my corms have finally turned into baby Frydeks! Very excited for this.
New and loving this
Well my Ninja is rescued from Walmart finally lost its bad leafs. Im seriously hoping she comes out of the bad I got her from. I've repotted with a good soil mixture. 🤞 im pretty new to this so any advise is welcome ❤️
EdlesPlantLab
Looks like my Black Velvet is flowering. I’ve heard it’s better to cut these to divert energy back to the leaves. Should I cut it or keep it?
Carla
Introducing Neo Jr., my first baby from a corm! 🥹 Mama sadly died in childbirth (i.e. transplanting) but baby seems happy and healthy! ❤️❤️❤️
Violette
When + how should I repot this (what medium etc.) and should I be adding anything to the water to help it establish its roots? Thanks!
BritneyMC
Favorite plant update! (Plus the general surrounding setup)
Jace
I’ve been growing some a bunch of different tissue culture alocasias for the last couple of months. Some of the first new leafs are coming in so much larger than what I started out with and can’t wait for these plantlets to grow 😊
New and loving this
Hello! I rescued this beauty from good old Walmart 2 weeks ago. She was in pretty bad shape. Leaves curled and all. I do have a new leaf as you can see. So yay!! Dhe was bone dry. I re potted her and gave her a good water. My question is should I cut off these curled leaves for her to thrive or leave them? Im obsessed with the beauty of this Ninja girl!
MBS
When I first started out, gathering a few plants in my home, not knowing that I would create a jungle of peace and tranquility! I had a silver dragon, and I killed it not once but twice, two different plants! I declared after that I would never get a silver dragon again! yesterday at Home Depot- this little guy called to me. I am now over 100 plants deep and I think I’m at the point where I might be able to keep this little guy alive. lol I feel like this is a test somehow. lol
Yungbert
I’m new to Alocasias, I’ve never had this happen to one of my plants since being a more seasoned plant parent. I’m stumped on why these yellowing spots are happening. repotted from nursery pot 2 months ago✅ Well draining soil✅ Humidity tray✅ Is having new growth✅ Occasionally mistings✅ Pot isn’t too big✅ I’m guessing it’s humidity bc I live in a dry state. Anyone know why this happens with Alocasias? Writing this I’m realizing I think I fertilize it twice already, on accident while fertilizing other plants, could this be for over fertilizing?
Sam
2 leaf different, upsizing like crazyyyy. Cuprea is definitely one of my favorites
Lori
My Alocasia gave me a beautiful new leaf and is working on another!
MBS
My new babies! In love!!!!
Carla
My first corm baby! 😍🤩😍🤩 Three of eight more are looking pretty good too! Could be Jacklyn, Polly, or Melo. I’m thinking Melo 😃
Grammy_Lisa
I won a mystery corm on a Whatnot app auction. The corm is already in a corm cup, and it has been doing great with one exception. It looks like the roots and the plant are all coming from the one end. The other end of the corm isn’t growing anything at all. This really IS a mystery. Has this ever happened to anyone else? And if so, what do I do about it? Anything?
1kwolves
my var. frydek is popping out this super white baby leaf!! i’m gonna see how long it lasts, i’ll cut it if i have to but very reluctantly 😭 so pretty!
Kelsie
My alocasia polly has a bud coming out of a flower stem I cut off. Is this a leaf or another flower? This plant was a rescue and already dropped one leaf and flowered, which I cut off. If it's a flower, would love some advice. It has a humidifier. I think it may do better in the summer when we stop getting these temperature fluxuations. My house does get down to 65 F.
K
Found this at the same shop on sale for $12 <3
