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Alocasia portodora - Alocasia


Alocasia portodora - Alocasia (Alocasia portodora - Alocasia)

My Alocasia portodora was planted in Fall of last year. It's
growing quickly and its new leaf is getting larger.



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i love their leaves...

15 Jun, 2009

 

They get so big!

15 Jun, 2009

 

Sandra, yes the leaves are pretty dramatic.

Bernieh, this is just a little baby plant yet...the
leaves will grow much larger and the plant will
develop a trunk to at least 12 feet / 4 meters tall.

15 Jun, 2009

 

Oh Delonix1 i want this plant, im so envious of you and your plants.. Dee..

15 Jun, 2009

 

Solution 1
You can grow them here in the garden in summer, when no frosts are forcast
and bring them back in before winter not quite the same as living somewhere
warm and sunny, but nearly.

Solution 2.
Move somewhere sunny .
I'm just off to pack !!

15 Jun, 2009

 

Youngdaisydee,

Yes, they are easy to grow in a container or plant
in the ground outside in Spring until you receive temps 40 degrees F/ 4.4 degrees C. or lower...then they can be dug out and put into a pot and stored for winter.

Mushybanna:

Very good solutions.

15 Jun, 2009

 

Thanks for the info guys, im going to try and buy one, I looked at that site MB, saved it on my puter, Brilliant Site..

16 Jun, 2009

 

Youngdaisydee:

Good luck finding this plant!

Beware of munching sow bugs...they
will eat the tubers and trunks on Alocasia.
Sow bugs have killed some of my Alocasia in
the past.

16 Jun, 2009



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