Alocasia
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About Alocasia
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 'Hilo Beauty'
Alocasia
Araceae
Alismatales
Also known as
hilo beauty alocasia and Elephant Ears
How to care for Alocasia
How often to water your Alocasia
Alocasia 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 in your home
Alocasia 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.
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How to fertilize Alocasia
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 after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Just as my third leaf begins to unravel the fourth always falls off! I figure this is normal but is there anyway to save the fourth leaf or wait for a little sprout to come if it or is it better to cut it so it doesn’t suck up nutrients? #AlocasiaAddicts
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Why does my alocasia grow in such weird directions?! We are south facing and the sun is coming from the “left” side of this photo. Why do the stems not grow vertically?
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I have spider mites on my alocasia - I’ve wiped all the leaves with some soapy water and have it isolated, but does anyone have tips on what to do next? #Alocasia
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yellow and droopy anyone know what might be wrong with my arrowhead vine? i had a hosuemare water her over break bc it was drooping— but now one of the leaves is yellowing. looks very unhappy! any ideas on how to preserve it?
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Help identifying I got this plant at Home Depot on Sunday and Greg keeps identifying it as a swish cheese plant(obviously it isn’t), heart of Jesus, and a heart leaf philodendron. I think it might be a syngonium plant. Please help 🥹
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Oh my goodness. What is this? I'm guessing it is something fungal. What do my experts out there think. I'm telling you it seems like something new is happening every week. UGHHHHH!! #happyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #jodisplace #alocasiaaddicts
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Loving the variegation on my Alocasia Hilo Beauty I got from Plant Proper with my #greggivesback gift card! And he just keeps pushing out new growth! #happyplants #newgrowth The plant card pic is from when I first got him
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Ordered this alocasia Hilo beauty online and it didn’t survive the trip 😭 trimmed it down and gave it a thorough watering. It looks like it had new growth so wanted to try my hand at rehabilitating this baby. Is this salvageable? Or am I wasting my time? #Alocasia #HiloBeauty
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Tired Jacklyn After the new leaf unfurled, its stem quickly grew taller, while one of the older leaves became droopy. The soil was dry, so I decided to water and fertilize the plant. However, a few hours later, the stem became even more droopy. What should I do?
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Hi, just after thoughts on why my dragon scale is curling? No pests evident, have moved it away from grow lights and aroid mix still damp to dry. Temp no lower than 18c Celsius and humidity at 70-80%.
Care Summary for Alocasia
Alocasia
Greg recommends:
0.5 cups every 9 days
< 3ft from a window
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.