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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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Anyone know of these black spots are Normal on my black velvet? She’s always been healthy and pushing leaves and has had them for a while. They’re not bugs and I can’t actually feel them, I just noticed there were more than I previously thought. It’s on all the stems and the base and I just wanna make sure.
She has arrived. Alocasia Jacklyn 'aurea varigated'
Help! I’m not sure why my dragon scale is having yellow tips.. he uses a grow light I’m not sure if I’m over watering…. Soil doesn’t feel bone dry but dry
Is this baby ready to graduate from its long time watery home? If so, what is the very best medium for this plant to grow in? I’ve heard that Alocasias like leca, or something similar, mediums with which I am not familiar. Advice, please! TIA…
Not done unfurling and already popping out a new leaf! I finally have an alocasia with more than 3 leaves lol
But why is she so majestic!! Show off! 😝
Hi Alocasia lovers, Current collection fixation is on the Jacklyn. I only have one Alocasia currently - the humble Polly. I’ve avoided Alocasia for a long time, but since Polly has been stable for almost a year, I think I’m ready for another one. ?😬 If you have a Jacklyn, can you tell me about your experience with her? What issues have you encountered? What makes her happy? Thank you for your input!
I have grown this little baby from corm so proud of it
My Alocasia Blizzard 😍
I was having humidity issues with my Dragon Scale so I started using a pebble tray, haven't used one before. The water wasn't high enough to go into the pot, but this started happening and the soil is still wet after a week. I tried putting even less water but it's still happening. Is this normal or should I be doing something different?
Any Dragon Moon tips? I have one and it hates me. No pests, always dropping leaves and curling. No new growth. It’s in a terracotta pot which I’m going to change out for plastic to retain more moisture, but what else should I do? We’re annoyed with each other. Thanks!
alright everyone, i need some advice. this is my alocasia regal shield. she came from a big box store in september as a rehab, as all but one of her leaves were pretty damaged from pests. I was able to eliminate the pests (and still haven’t seen anything other than a few fungus gnats) and pruned all the damaged leaves as they died off one by one. before the last 2 original leaves dropped she decided to bloom. i let her briefly have her moment, but chopped all the blooms down soon enough as well since I want her to focus on leaves. two days ago the final original leaf was turning lifeless, so I finally chopped her. i sprayed hydrogen peroxide diluted with water on the cut stem immediately after to hopefully prevent rot, but now we are browning and starting to go mushy. there’s another large stem in the pot, as well as 3 young babies i propagated from her corms during my original repot. i’m thinking of how i manage this open cut stem in the same pot as the other healthy plants. rooting powder? sit and wait? I think the second pic is a node(?) and I know there are a couple more deeper in the soil. please give me some direction <3
Nebula getting bigger!
Impulse bought this Baroque Sword from a Black Friday sale... I thought the leaf was just so interesting! As is usually the case with alocasias I guess, haha. It was looking pretty sad and only had one leaf. Just got back from a one week vacation and this new leaf appeared out of nowhere 🤩 my other elephant ear alocasia just put out a fresh leaf as well. I was scared to try alocasias but maybe I can do this?! Haha
Does anyone know what type of alocasia this is?? I'm 5hinking dragon scale, but it was unlabeled in the shop and just wanted to get confirmation/suggestions
What taro is this, as in what species of colcasia or alocasia it is and variety(if possible). Also the first picture is caused by the combination of purple grow light, camera flash and the reflective surface of the leaf caused by the very short hairs all over the leaf.
New leaf on my alocasia black velvet!
New leaf! I love how the little "stinger" comes out first
I potted up some philo Brasil propagations around the end of summer, and apparently a stray corm found its way into the soil lol. Now I just need to figure out what type it is! (I have a black velvet, Jacklyn, maharani, and Polly) 🧐 any guesses?
Anybody use fluval stratum with their alocasias? I’d love some advice.