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title: "What kind of plant is this and how should I care for it? I know it…"
description: "What kind of plant is this and how should I care for it? I know it looks awful, it was in the lowes clearance section."
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author: "Abbi"
published: "2024-10-16T21:02:30.571103Z"
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# What kind of plant is this and how should I care for it? I know it…

_Posted by Abbi on 2024-10-16_

What kind of plant is this and how should I care for it? I know it looks awful, it was in the lowes clearance section.

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## 14 comments

### Delani commented on 2024-10-16

It’s an alocasia it’s best to have a mixture of soil and orchid bark and they need lot of humidity and they’re very hard to take care of in my experience.

### Amie206 commented on 2024-10-16

Actually look pretty good for an Alocasia!

### Abbi commented on 2024-10-16

Uh oh, this doesn't sound good. Do you know what kind of alocasia it is?

### All\_things\_plants commented on 2024-10-16

Alocaisa dragon scale

### All\_things\_plants commented on 2024-10-16

Nope just kidding it is a Alocaisa silver dragon

### Abbi commented on 2024-10-16

Ok thanks, I thot it might be that but I wasnt sure. How much water do they need?

### ElizabethF commented on 2024-10-17

Seconding the Alocasia silver dragon. My best advice is make the change to semi hydro while it’s still relatively small. Semi hydro makes taking care of Alocasia much easier since they like to stay moist. Have my Alocasia all in semi hydro and it has made it much easier to take care of them.

### Abbi commented on 2024-10-17

To be honest, I don't know what semi hydro is. Could you explain?

#### AKFeight replied on 2024-11-07

Check out some YouTube videos. Seems intimidating at first, but it’s actually easier in many ways. It’s growing without soil, using a water resevoir.

#### Abbi replied on 2024-11-07

Ok I actually searched it on some of these groups and it kinda sounded like a whole bunch more equipment and since I'm a 15 year old without a job I figured it would pry be easier to stick to soil. So far I've repotted it and separated the babies that had grown from corms, and it looks good.🤞

#### Buffy replied on 2024-11-11

Good for you to have such an interest in plants. I have three and mine are in soil with perlite and orchid bark. I use an small humidifier and have wet pebble saucers that they sit on. So far so good for me but I have only had them a few months! Keep us posted, Abbi🙂

#### Abbi replied on 2024-11-11

Weeeeell let's just say that I didn't run a humidifier for a couple of days so the the main plant is having a tantrum about that. But the babies r all doing fine(knock on wood).

### Plant.It Pluto commented on 2024-10-29

Silver dragon alocasia. I keep all mine in a chunky mix.

#### Abbi replied on 2024-10-29

Thanks, that's good to know.

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