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title: "Hello!! I’m having a bit of trouble identifying this alocasia, right…"
description: "Hello!! I’m having a bit of trouble identifying this alocasia, right now I’m in-between a longiloba and a Watsonia. If you think you know then drop a comment ☺️"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/650eddeebeca03797bc7e19c"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Soup"
published: "2023-09-23T12:45:34.676Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/yrWzgf6ylZNNJ8Q0BE6mY3Tr5ezbBCaS6bQUPYn0K7g/8a2bcd2189d540698d371ac7d5759657.webp?size=large"
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# Hello!! I’m having a bit of trouble identifying this alocasia, right…

_Posted by Soup on 2023-09-23_

Hello!! I’m having a bit of trouble identifying this alocasia, right now I’m in-between a longiloba and a Watsonia. If you think you know then drop a comment ☺️

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/yrWzgf6ylZNNJ8Q0BE6mY3Tr5ezbBCaS6bQUPYn0K7g/8a2bcd2189d540698d371ac7d5759657.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### Lucia commented on 2023-09-23

So wild! Love it

### Chachy commented on 2023-09-23

Longiloba has a dip at the top of the leaves and watsoniana doesn’t.

Google:

Alocasia watsoniana - A Giant Jewel!  
by LariAnn Garner (LariAnn) April 27, 2009

And

see pic for Longiloba link info

#### Chachy replied on 2023-09-23

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gIrJu23NfXV52qeOXsDBSz_aKp7oP_nIpUKyW_TCnMs/f4b6635f9ee84d709cb4cb126459c8bf.webp?size=large)

#### Soup replied on 2023-09-23

Thank you a bunch, I was quite conflicted as a lot of the results I received on the internet had little interpretation between the two.

### Chachy commented on 2023-09-23

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gIrJu23NfXV52qeOXsDBSz_aKp7oP_nIpUKyW_TCnMs/d41ffa2b39b441ffa75003a8853c6a6e.webp?size=large)

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