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title: "Can anyone tell me the type of Alocasia this is? I bought it late…"
description: "Can anyone tell me the type of Alocasia this is? I bought it late October knowing of its condition, but I wanted to bring it back to life — didn’t happen. The…"
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community: "Expert Level Greenspace"
author: "JustPlants"
published: "2023-11-07T01:08:27.834Z"
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# Can anyone tell me the type of Alocasia this is? I bought it late…

_Posted by JustPlants on 2023-11-07_

Can anyone tell me the type of Alocasia this is? I bought it late October knowing of its condition, but I wanted to bring it back to life — didn’t happen. The two leaves gave out but the new one was still looking good…until it wasn’t. I only have the bottom cutting left. Can I do anything with them?

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## 3 comments

### Cherrybergher commented on 2023-11-07

Looks like it was maybe an Alocasia Polly. It may bounce back yet with some care and produce new leaves. Or you could check the soil for corms (aka bulbs or seeds) to start a whole new plant.

### Soup commented on 2023-11-07

It could be going dormant, as long as it has the roots and the stem it’ll be fine, I’d recommend looking up about dormancy in alocasia’s and what you can do to help it 🫶

### Veda commented on 2023-12-15

Def looks like an elephant ear to me. Lots of humidity super hard to take care of.

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