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Alocasia portodora - Elephant's Ears


Alocasia portodora - Elephant's Ears (Alocasia portodora - Elephant's Ears)

My large Elephant's Ears. It was only 1 1/2 feet tall only a year ago...now it's 6 1/2 feet tall now. Photo taken Oct. 2, 2009.



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Great structure on that leaf

5 Oct, 2009

 

What a lovely leaf shape..........

5 Oct, 2009

 

OMG I love it, look at structure on it , if only i could grow one in my garden, Sigh.. thanks for sharing Delonix1..

5 Oct, 2009

 

Thanks for the comments! This plant got a little burned in the horrible heat waves we've had over the last few months but overall it growing very quickly.

6 Oct, 2009

 

I'm with you daisydee if only we could and leave them in the garden all year that would be great.
Lovely plant Delonix1

8 Oct, 2009

 

Mushybanna:

Thanks so much! Alocasia plants grow very quickly...the tuber can be removed and stored in winter in colder climates.

8 Oct, 2009

 

Looking good!

8 Oct, 2014

 

It hasn't looked this good in years. My Alocasia species never do well for long. They get eaten by lots of bugs then decline very quickly. It's very frustrating because in the Bay Area I had gorgeous huge ones which grew so much better than here.

8 Oct, 2014



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