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title: "ID help pleaseeeeee"
description: "ID help pleaseeeeee"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/ql5lKxvSECApQjpVaYv8na"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "MTA324"
published: "2025-11-08T04:34:54.850703Z"
language: "en"
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# ID help pleaseeeeee

_Posted by MTA324 on 2025-11-08_

ID help pleaseeeeee

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/vLMMUeU6iVE7Xgr8sJbQoPGh5wLdbJLMI2RjMWl0czU/iFkMUmqKT9WZRb8EAv-brw.webp?size=large)

## 9 comments

### Lex commented on 2025-11-08

Alocasia wentii, also known as the New Guinea Shield or Hardy Elephant Ear?

#### MTA324 replied on 2025-11-08

I’m unsure. The stems are almost black.

#### Lex replied on 2025-11-08

Their stems can be darkly colored like that!

### Sunny commented on 2025-11-08

It could be Alocasia Macrorrhizos (Black stem). They get very large with dark leaf stems. 🪴🍀

### Tom commented on 2025-11-08

Got any other pics, looks like Alocasia dark star to me

#### Tom replied on 2025-11-08

Are the veins under the leaf dark purple’ish

#### MTA324 replied on 2025-11-08

Yeah they are. I’ll send some photos

#### MTA324 replied on 2025-11-10

Purplish vines and stems

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/vLMMUeU6iVE7Xgr8sJbQoPGh5wLdbJLMI2RjMWl0czU/-s5iNuXlQdiENQ3n0Ci15A.webp?size=large)

### Tom commented on 2025-11-10

So the veins are same color as dark star, but there are more of them and branch opposite each other, yours has less and spread out more so most likely Macrorrhiza 'Black Stem'. Picture of mine is the dark star with more veins and opposite each other

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/iNTxcaMdihIiF3cG-Oo_w7l-8xOwzfBzSxhBmxMmzcs/j42M1fsGSuCzgwN37i_LNQ.webp?size=large)

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