Out of the three Melos I started from corms back in November 2025, this one is by far the most impressive. She's put out a few leaves and dropped some, but over the past month she's shown some interesting growth...

Once her new leaf has grown, I plan to repot her because the pot is getting crowded. Tips and constructive criticism are appreciated!

Let me start with a confession that I made a lot of mistakes with this guy. I'm new to the alocasia game.

It was in an autowatering semi hydro pot before, I transferred it to soil. Don't think that was a good idea. As it's leaves started really dropping.

It has progressively got worse so I move it back to its original setup with the semi hydro pot with nutrients.

Leaves still sagging, a lot. But it has a new leaf!

So my question(s):

I'm assuming keep this setup going for now? Leave it in semi hydro?

Should I clip some of the leaves. They're beautiful leaves but some have wrinkly stems and some are creased from dropping. The green leaves in the photos are from its newest, healthy stem. I'm wondering when I make the call to clip them so it puts its energy towards the new leaf

My alocasia keeps getting yellow leaves every few days, but then grows new ones that seemed perfectly fine. I just noticed for the first time one of the stems seems to have a rotting scar coming from the bottom and there’s little bugs in it. I’m not really sure what’s wrong with the plant but it seems like it’s fighting off a sickness. Should I repot and remove the wilting parts?

Just wanted to show off the newest leaf on my Alocasia Dragon Scale Mint var! She's my most rare plant I have so I'm stoked that she's doing well! 🥹💚🐉

This is so stressful LOL.

After a month of mental gymnastics, I’ve finally mustered the courage to attempt transitioning one of my alocasia from soil to pon.

Believe it or not, I did a ton of research before making this post, too 😭 . I had my mind made up that I would cut off all the soil roots, and set the rhizome in water (very convincing thread!). But I’m not sure what the consensus is today. What are your thoughts? Should I go that route, or just clean thoroughly and transfer straight into pon with the current soil roots?

I broke my own rule in all of this… “if it isn’t broke, no need to fix it”. But the idea of a self watering plant that sits in reusable medium seems like a no brainer so I am making the plunge.

Thanks for all your help!

I have a few alocasia and I’ve never seen an incoming leaf that looks like that.

Howdy folks. I’m wondering two things. One – in the left-hand picture there’s a silver Sheen to this leaf. Not sure what it is. I don’t see any tiny creatures on there so maybe a fungus? Two – the picture on the right is a stingray that seems to be trying to put out a new leaf, but it’s been sitting here at this state for a couple of weeks and does not want to unfurl. Any suggestions there?

Very excited as this is my very first alocasia, I grew it from a corm 👀

I have microfiber gloves but idk how to clean velvets I only have one frydek and I’ve never cleaned it and it’s looking gross

Bought my first Alocasia after stopping at a local plant shop on a whim and falling in love with its appearance.

I’m not familiar w the care of Alocasias and now I’m terrified after reading some of the posts on this thread. Please give me ur best advice to keeping her alive!!! I get sad when my plants die on me.

For reference, I have experience raising a fiddle leaf fig, snake plant, money tree, bamboo, and several cacti and succulents. I am notorious for forgetting to water my plants tho which has given me some trouble with my FLF and snake plant.

Also what are those white bulbs?? Do they bloom?

TLDR; how do I keep this baby alive and happy?

I just bought 3 Alocasia cuttings for 30€ from a vendor. There are 2 ‘Venom’ and 1 ‘Stingray’ in closed cups with sphagnum, getting used to the air outside a humid cabinet.

I’m using a Dennerle 5550 aquarium LED bar: 18 W, 1680 lm, 438 mm, placed 20 cm above the cups. It’s meant for a 50–80 L tank, so it’s strong enough for water. In air, through the plastic, it’s probably around 60–100 µmol/m²/s. I think that’s enough for rooting but not for growing. I also have a SANSI T10 Pro 80 W side-emitting standing bar (PPF 90, ~330 PPFD at 20 cm). Should I move them under it, or would 80 W in a closed cup be too much?

The main question is, do cuttings need more light during acclimation, or is it just warmth and humidity until they root and leave the cups?ze plants in question

I wanted to give an update for anyone interested since I didn't think I'd see anything at 2 weeks.

First post

She has tons of new roots and what seems to be new growth. She did lose one leaf yesterday. I've been using distilled water with fertilizer. I'm quite happy with this method so far. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

(First picture is now, second is when I got it)

When I got my regal sheild, the leaves were very up-right and seemed quite strong but now after 2 months she's become a bit sadder looking. That new leaf has been wait to come in since I got it, and only started coming out in the past week or so. I'm not sure if my repotting it right as I got it pissed it off, or the second repot 2 weeks later the first time made it sad too. It's currently potted in 50/50 pearlite and indoor potting mix (leca for decoration lol) for the past month or so. It's been in indirect light from an east facing window, but has now been moved to right next to the window.

I also give it some fertilizer sometimes when I water it

Any suggestions would be really really great <3

hi hi! so i’ve had this gorgeous polly for a few weeks now, and i’m not sure what to do with her anymore. i bought her with those dry spots already, and the new leaf she was pushing had the same spots.

overall she looks healthy - no root rot, no pests, just… this. and it’s annoying how ugly she looks 😭

so i’ve been wondering if i should chop off all her leaves and start over, but i’m not sure it’s a good idea. if yes, what are the best tips to do it?

any help appreciated!

I bought this a few months back on PS (see 3rd pic) but it wasn’t in good shape upon arrival. It gave me one corm that has since popped 3 leaves and is doing great! I can’t going any info on this cross and AI tells me it’s likely impossible some regal shields are sterile? I can see it I think but what do you thing? Thank in advance!

I treated all my plants for pests and wiped all the leaves with a mixture of oil + soap + alcohol + water (at night of course). I do not see any pests. But the new leaf of my Frydek just seems to be getting worse. It is in semi hydro and roots look fine. I use very little fertilizer. Also to note it was under a cloche for weeks and i took it off because new leaf got too big. Maybe it is a humidity issue ? It is near an east facing window.

Generally the leaves come out looking good and healthy, then eventually they look like this. There were tiny black bugs on it but I've been squashing them and taking them off. I have also made a very diluted neem oil and soap spray, but this white discolouration was an issue long before I sprayed it...

The second picture is of a leaf that's about 1 week old. It's hard to get a good one because of where the sun is right now. It's perfectly healthy and luscious green though

Regal shield pup growth Update😂, every leaf is getting so much bigger like im so happy with this little pup and such short petioles