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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 'Pseudo Sanderiana'
Alocasia
Araceae
Alismatales

How to care for Alocasia
How often to water your Alocasia

every 9
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

a window
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.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Alocasia in your home 🏡.
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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Sticky sap Found some sticky sap where the leaf meets the stem and thought it was very odd. There's been leaf damage to all of the leaves and its been happening practically since I got it. Not sure why or how. It dropped 2 leaves soon after I got it and so I moved it to a different spot and now the leaves are looking like a caterpillar is eating it. It had 2 leaves left that were growing strong but then a new leaf started coming out and one of the leaves started dieing as that was happening. Now that leaf is dead and a new leaf is almost fully formed and the other leaf looks fine. The stems on both are strong, firm, and green but I am noticing some tiny brown spots under the leaves and just one spot with that sap. Its a very small area. Nothing I noticed on the steams or the tops of the leaves. Hope somebody can tell me what's going on and what I can do! Also, noticed the fungus gnats on my baby pygmy palm moved over to my alocasia somehow after sprinkling some cinnamon over the top of the soil on the pygmy palm. They are both indoors but are in different rooms. Not sure how to moved to my alocasia or why. I can just sprinkle cinnamon over the top of the soil again and do more if needed but I'm more worried about the other issue that I'm not sure what it is. Thanks!
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Why is my plant leaves dripping? My plant leaves seem to be dripping water. Is that normal? I tried to take a picture the best I could have the water droplet at the end of the leaf.
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Alocasia Corms Found 3 when repotting newly purchased pink dragon and Polly . Now what? I put them in moistened spagnum moss last night. Not sure what to do next #AlocasiaAddicts #AlocasiaPinkDragon #AlocasiaPolly #corms
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Mold, right? Repotted this plant over the past weekend. It was struggling in its terracotta pot and when repotting I saw there was mold. Rinsed the roots with water, but didn’t do anything more serious than that. Now after 5-6 days I’m seeing this throughout the pot. What is the best way to get rid of the mold?
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How’s he doing? #ZebraElephantEar I have the biggest freshest leaf but it’s leaning so hard into the sun and is curling inward. Looks very healthy! But what does he want? I did do an extra watering and then moved to bathroom for more humidity (where it’s at now is 60-70, bathroom ranges 80-90) Anything else I need to do?
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I have a leaf turning black- any ideas? #AlocasiaAmazonica
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My once spider mite infested plant….now thriving from a corm!🫰
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Please help alocasia beginner I went away for a bit on vacation and my neighbor watery my plants. Unfortunately Sammy my #Alocasia got root rot😮💨 Help!!! I think he can be saved! #unhappyplants #Alocasia #HappyPlants
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ID plant and issue? #AlocasiaAddicts I bought this tiny dried out grocery store start and after cutting one very limp and dead leaf it grew this stunner and I’m waiting to take the old damaged leaf out too but wanted it to be a little healthier first. What kind is it and what disease does that old leaf have? The new one isn’t affected so maybe just trauma?
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Sammies recovering!❤️🩹 Thank #thethread you to everyone who helped me through Sammie’s problem. Buuuut supervising news! There was no #rot ! All the roots were nice firm and healthy! He did get overwatered just a bit, but not for rot! I still soaked his roots just to be sure. I know the most likely reason why his leafs were very yellow. He was SOOOOOO root bound in that pot. Took me 10 minutes to just take off his old soil, why you may ask? I’m changing soils! Instead of soil for Sammy, he will now have vermiculite! Honesty looks exactly like lechuza pon, and feels like it. I also was looking at the cork and saw babies on the way 👀… HELP! So yeah Sammy the #alocasiasilverdragon is going to get better. He also wishes you a good day #TheThread ! See the before and after photos! Btw going to start propping a #philodendronfloridabeauty 😆 Tags, @Artonina @Blueberrypie @BuffCaperspurge @captainstardust @cereal @debbiedo @ @DrGreen @elisenavidad @FineFlamevine @FitRiberry92 @kaleena @LilRootedWitch @LordlyGollum3 @NikkiBplantmom @Owlnette @planthoe40 @PlantParty401 @Plants_Galore @PoisedAlbo @Preciousplants1 @Prentyce @SleekLatetulip @TheConservator @ToughAnahaw89 @Araceae @LaBori276 @LauraLynne @RJG @ShirleyWhirley @TimmerAnn1002 @princesspitstop @cutepolypremum @swiftwolfsbane #rootbound #repot #Alocasia #AlocasiaSilverDragon #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #HappyPlants #BeforeAndAfter #semihydroponics
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.
