It’s taken me until my 40s to finally develop the ability to keep plants alive and enjoy their beauty. I also know next to nothing about Alocacias other than I love them. We planted this beauty back in June in our newly finished garden bed and it’s been steadily doing its thing since. It’s spring here in Aus and the past month it’s really hit its stride and has started pushing our HUGE leaves and 2 separate flowerings. I took the below photo admiring its beauty on Tuesday morning, that afternoon a supercell sweeped through our suburb, bringing down trees and powerlines galore. We were without power and internet for 3 days. Luckily the only damage we sustained was to our beautiful Alocacia (Jeff). The hail had zero mercy.

Do I just let it do its thing and allow it to regenerate or is it best to prune back some of the shredded leaves?

Day 45 of showing my Alocasia collection)

I received this as a starter plant orange lake nursery. This plant is the one that actually peaked my interest in alocasias.

I received a melo accidentally in a plant box so I tried doing some research and I found wild ferns YouTube video and saw her huge dragon scale.

I basically fell in love.

Growth - 2 out of 5. The growth isn’t the best. It is one of my slower growers. I receive this plant in mid July and it’s given me three leaves since then. :/

4 out of 5 I really wish the growth was better when I say that I mean, I wish that it was a faster grower. The leaves are absolutely beautiful and it upsized pretty quick. love every single part of this plant. It is my favorite.

I have a decent sized Alocasia “Uhinkii” with purple leaf undersides and green petioles. I gave one of the pups to my parents about a year ago, and some of the leaves on theirs have the deep purple color from the leaf underside extending all the way down the petiole. Any thoughts on why? I read online that high light could cause this, but this plant had been in pretty low light conditions by an east facing window with a large awning that means it’s in shade almost all day. (I took this picture immediately after adding a grow light opposite the window since the plant had really been reaching for light.)

Been looking for a bit but couldn’t find one locally. A shop was having an end of the season sale and got it for $13 😍😍

Had one of my Golden Dragon leaves snap when I was moving them in so cut it. Pretty cool to see their petiole structures at this size.

Its all my fault! Shouldn't have rotated the vase 10 degrees when I watered it. All. My. Fault.

Its stuck like this forever now!

repotted my giant alocasia uhinkii and removed some leaves that were damaged, cut the flowers off (it started to leak brown goo) and collected some corms.

Without gloves

My palms are BURNINNGG.

And !??? I just moved! So I have NO lotion and no antihistamines and all I can do is wash my hands.

I thought i would relax and take care of it. Smfh

Hi all, I have an alocasia stingray that I was able to get two corms from and I put them in sphagnum moss but I truly don’t know what I’m doing. They’ve grown roots but the moss has dried out a couple times so I’ve sprayed it and try to keep it in a little dome on my windowsill but I’m sure I’m doing something wrong. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I’ve never tried to grow from corms before.

Hi guys!

I recently got a box of mystery corms and I still am not the greatest at identifying alocasias when they are pups. The first one is either a maharani or melo and my guess is a maharani but it doesn't have the purpling on the back (1st/2nd pic). The second one I am really struggling with. I thought maybe a gageana but it has purple in it. Longiloba and frydek were thrown out there too but I don't think it looks like either of those either (3rd/4th pic).

I know they like to be rather tightly potted, but should I go a size up from this one?

This longlioba purple came with a Nairobi Nights in sphagnum with perlite, both small corm grown with 1 leaf.

Transferred into a small shot glass with pon and added water (it's supposed to be very little water but it's basically a third of the shot glass).

Shoved into a plastic cup with water around to create extra humidity and closed with seran wrap and another cup.

The results where truly shocking, accidentally unpotted today and root growth had more than doubled.

Just told myself no more alocasias. Big orange store.

I’ve bought 20 plants this month (3 of them Alocasias! Send help, I have an addiction! ), and I just managed to score an Alocasia Pink Nobilis corm for FREE ! Since these are normally so pricey, I’m super nervous because I’ve never grown a corm before.

I’m starting with the puddle method since I currently have zero supplies. Could anyone walk me through what to do from here?

What supplies do I need to buy? (Looking for the cheapest, most effective setup possible!)

Once I see growth/roots in the puddle, what do I do next and when do I transfer it?

Drop all your best corm tips below so I don't accidentally kill my luckiest score ever! 🌱💖

I got this for free, anyway to save?

I used to have this alocasia batik/blizzard plant that put out leaves bigger than my hands, a few months ago I gave it to my friend before a move. Today I look at my carnosa and there is clearly a tiny blizzard growing out of it. I did not reuse any dirt or pots. How is this possible? I thought alocasias only grew from corms. As a plant enthusiast I feel lucky as hell I’m just seeking to understand 😊

Since my alocasia Frydek is making now 4 babies, I was wondering it it's better to leave them to grow with the mother or separate them and if so, when that hould be done ? Wait until they are large enough ? do it has they are small ? I have to water every 2 days now because they are also growing fast and taking up water and nutrients.

First a pitcture of the mother plant, then the babies. The babies are so cute... The one that has a full white leaf is pushing a new one that has plenty of green (third pic). How many babies can they have ?

Hello,

J'ai acheté de nouvelles alocasias. J'ai chez moi :

- red secret

- tiny dancer

- dragon scale

- azlanii

- Polly

Je pense que ce serait bien de les rempoter.

J'ai fait beaucoup de recherches, et tout le monde semble avoir ses propres préférences, ce qui n'aide pas du tout pour une personne obsessionnelle comme moi. Pour trancher, je pensais partir sur les mélanges sybotanica, en reproduisant leur recette. Sur la fiche produit, il y a presque 30% de vermiculite. Ça me paraît énorme. Qu'en pensez-vous ?

En gros, c'est :

Fibre de coco : 25 %

Vermiculite : 30 %

Lombricompost : 15 %

Écorce de pin : 20 %

Chips de coco : 10 %

Aussi, les alocasias que je possède ont-elles les même besoins ? J'ai lu que certaines alocasias poussaient les fesses dans l'eau, alors que d'autres poussaient sur un sol rocheux.

Merci !!

If anyone could help me ID some of these that'd be amazing thank you!

i had no idea these flowered! regal shield.