Best course of action for my Alocasia
My Alocasia Scalprum had root rot (purchased from a grocery store plant section and had extremely overwatered potting soil; i could not just leave it there... it was too pretty) I was (and honestly am) still fresh when it comes to alocasias, so i figured since it looked well above soil it was fine. It actually ended up flowering this past November, but shortly after Christmas, the big leaves started curling in. I was not smart about it and instead of checking what condition the roots were in i assumed it was curling because not enough water. All her leaves dropped, i panicked and started googling. I boiled it down to 2 things: dormancy for the winter or root rot. It ended up being the latter and i was big sad.
However, the corm was not mushy and seemed okay. So, i set it up to try and grow new roots in a LECA/dome setup. Im very pleased to say that its now sending out roots and it had a corm(pup?) still attached that also showed a green tip and hope for the future. I'm in no rush to move it as i know its trying to recover, but i am unsure what method i should go with when it comes time to pot it up.
Should i keep up with a semi-hydroponic set up with the LECA or put it into an aroid mix? (currently using Molly's aroid mix for most of my other houseplants). I have a bit of time so i want to make sure I get all the parts i need before its time to get it set up properly again. I watch the LECA Queen and her alocasias seem so happy, but i really love this plant and want to ensure success snd not make any dumb mistakes.
I also have an alocasia polly in Molly's aroid who is finally pushing out a new leaf for me after almost a year of having her and just rescued a tiny silver dragon scale from a hardware store who either needs to be moved to aroid or LECA soon because its in regular potting soil and has crispy tips from guttation.
Thanks so much for any tips and anecdotes!