Alocasia 'Frydek'
4.5 out of 5 (10 experiences)
Large, lush leaves
Fast grower
About Alocasia 'Frydek'
Alocasias, commonly known as Elephant Ears, are some of the most common houseplants although their leaves can reach enormous sizes when grown outdoors! 🐘 They typically only support a few leaves at a time (more, when they get more sun!) so don't be concerned if you see an old leaf begin to retire after a new one emerges. They grow out of underground corms which are similar to bulbs, so next time you repot keep an eye out for baby Alocasias! They contain calcium oxalate crystals so be sure to keep them out of reach if you have children or pets! ⚠️
Taxonomy
Alocasia 'Frydek'
Alocasia
Araceae
Alismatales
Also known as
Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek'
How to care for Alocasia 'Frydek'
How often to water your Alocasia 'Frydek'
every 9
Alocasia 'Frydek' needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Alocasia 'Frydek' in your home
a window
Alocasia 'Frydek' may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Alocasia 'Frydek' in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Alocasia 'Frydek'
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Alocasia 'Frydek' after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Why do my Alocasia leaves droop?
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Yellow leaves Hello, got it 3 weeks ago, everything seems fine. 4 days ago I got a growlight and now the leaves get yellow. Could this be because of the growlight or too much watering? Thank you for your help ☺️
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Repotting Help 😳 Do you cut the pot or the roots in this situation ? #AlocasiaAddicts #AlocasiaFrydek #LecaLovers #LecaLeague #leca #Alocasia
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I have a few small brown spots on my Alocasia. Are these considered normal? #AlocasiaAddicts
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New growth! My frydek has been crying for a couple of days so I stop by several times a day to wipe the drops from its leaves, and I just had to snap a few pictures this morning. Her new leaf is looking like it’s gonna be huge when it unfurls, and I woke up this morning to see it’s sporting a new sprout from below-ground, too! #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #GreenVelvetAlocasia #
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New plant baby: over watered, under watered, or something more nefarious? Help! I have a thing for dramatic foliage and I’m a Monstera addict more than not—mostly just give ‘em a good thorough watering every couple of weeks and let ‘em do their thing—but I fell in love with this dark green goddess about three weeks ago. Been watered once, roughly two weeks ago. Smallest leaves turned yellow and died off right away after bring her home so I let it dry out a bit. Now the top few inches are dry, but one of the big leaves on the top is fading in color (similar in color to pothos instead of that deep dark velvety green indicative of the Frydek) and beginning to curl and bend a bit, and the smallest leaf on the bottom is kind of a mottled green now, giving it an effect as if it were painted and sponged off. Any ideas on what’s going on here? #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #Help #GreenVelvetAlocasia #Frydek #
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Droopy Leaves 😭 Hi everyone! I’m new here so not really sure how this works! Anyway, I brought home a few days ago my new #AlocasiaFrydek and the leaves started getting droopy and facing down all of a sudden, I did repot it after this started happening but the situation doesn’t seem to be changing. Despite this the plant is making a new leaf, idk of the two things could be somehow correlated!
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Anything wrong with my Alocasia in sphagnum moss? Hello guys! I recently bought my first two Alocasias, a Frydek and a Ninja, and planted them both in sphagnum moss as I read Alocasias tend to like it. I noticed though, that the moss keeps them VERY moist and my Frydek now lets her leafs hang a little. She’s currently growing but I’m wondering if maybe moss is too wet for her? Or will she cheer up once she’s properly acclimated? #Alocasia #AlocasiaFrydek #sphagnummoss
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New leaf on Ms. Frydek! Exciting! 🍃 #HappyPlants #NewGrowth #AlocasiaAddicts
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Is this concerning? It only started 1day ago. I only water (i shower them:) according to the water indicator…thanks🫶🏻 #BlackVelvetAlocasia
Care Summary for Alocasia 'Frydek'
Alocasia 'Frydek'
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 3ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Large, lush leaves 8
Fast grower 5
Survivor 2
Easy to propagate 2
Pest magnet 2
Browns easily 1
10/20/2021
Always drops a leaf to put out another. Easy but a bit hard to enjoy.
Survivor
06/16/2021
Really easy to overwater, so make sure to use well-draining soil. As a young plant, it usually drops an old leaf for every new one until it matures.
Large, lush leaves
06/07/2021
Beautiful plant♥️ gonna separate some of my new bulbs growing in and repot soon 🥰
Large, lush leaves
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
05/17/2021
One of the fuzziest Alocasia but it is very resilient. You can lose all leaves but as long as the tubers are not rotten it will bounce back
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
Pest magnet
04/28/2021
she is so needy but shes so pretty too but i accidentally over watered her before and it took forever to get her back up just dont overwater and oversun or whagever
Large, lush leaves
Fast grower
Browns easily
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