Elephant's Ears

Wow saves on the washing up I,ve seen these used on a television program before ,does the food taste good..... ,better than a gas oven ?

Yes food does taste good Janette when cooked in the earthen pit. Fresh and natural.Fish,red meat, chicken and pork can also be thrown in with taro and kumara etc...yummy , now I'm beginning to get hungry!!!

Those are so big and beautiful...love the bright green

Yes indeed Skippy.

Thanks for interesting descriptions you give with your photos. :o)

You welcome Terratoonie, its always a joy to share what we do here in regards to plants. I am learning a lot too from all of you.

My daughter read my responses above and said "Mum, what if these people were vegetarians?" My apologies,people I have to be a bit sensitive in the mentioning of meat, but vegetables too can be added for the Vegetarians!!

I agree with Terratoonie,very interesting thank you Panther

Panther ~
What a very thoughtful daughter you have :o)
I'm a fish-eating vegetarian.
In other words, if it had legs I don't eat it. :o)
I accept that some people eat meat, but nevertheless, I think your daughter will fare well in the world, having such a natural care for the feelings of other people.
Do you have a photo of your daughter in your garden ?

Yes Terratoonie she is in the picture in my blog for the Sleeping Giant, the one with a joker round the neck and wearing red.

I found her photo. Thank you.
I had seen that picture in your blog and wondered how the people were related !
Looks a lovely daughter. :o)

Panther,

Beautiful Elephant's Ears! How old are these plants? The reason I'm asking is because Alocasia macrorhiza 'Borneo Giant' has leaves that are much larger to 13 - 16 feet long by 6 - 8 feet wide. They have the second largest entire leaf of any plant known in the World. The largest is the leaf of Alocasia robusta 'Sarawak' the leaves can grow to 33 feet long and 12 feet wide. I've read the entire plant can grow to 40+ feet tall. They're the true giants of the Alocasia genus.

Wow very interesting thanks Delonix 1, I am learning more with these shared information. Fantastic!! Actually these have been growing wild outside where I live but I am not too sure for how long. So I will amend the name to Elephnant's EarsThanks so much again!!!

Panther,

These Elephant's ears looks a lot like Alocasia macrorhiza...however, I could be wrong because there's so many species of Alocasia.

Your mean it coud be Elephantocasia???LOL, I just thought that we could add a bit of humour to this one,but its ok if we left it to Elephant 's Ears for the time being. I will try finding out as well. Thanks again Delonix1.