r/alocasia

She went dormant on me for almost two months and came back with avengeance💚😍💚 She’s a Lukiwan alocasia

Twice the size of the last one

Just got my first Alocasia Amazonica.

Do I need to get a humidifier?

I’m looking to purchase corms from these two vendors, help me pick which one. it’s a chantrieri pink albo

My cousin bought this alocasia for me 3 weeks ago. It was meant as a rescue because it looked so sad and damaged in the store (big plant center).

Today I wanted to water it and saw a tiny dark grey-ish worm crawling in the soil (on the right of the stem). I can also see (spider) webs in the holes in the uneven soil. WTF even is this? It's not even crawling like a worm but more like sliding up and down on a thread of the spider web.

It has lost 3 leaves since he bought it for me and now left with two. Kind of regretting trying to rescue it now.

Does anyone know what is it and how I get rid of it? Do It repot immediately? How do I protect my other plants? Will quarantining be enough?

First picture is of the soil now with the small grey worm thing (that looks like a little stick/branch of wood). Last picture is the alocasia when I first got it.

I'm a new plant mom and first time I see anything crawling in/on one of my plants so I'm freaking out.

P.S. English is not my native language so sorry if something isn't clear.

My first corm loss and taking it hard :(. Had this dragon's breath corm and was doing so well in perlite but I had to move it due to it hitting the lid roof. Moved it to moss and leca earlier than I would have liked and it ended up rotting beyond repair :(

I got cocky because I had to do.this for my amazonica and it ended up thriving.

Currently in Stage 1 denial of the grief reaction 😂

I think were I went wrong was I had a pre prepared set up and maybe the moss was too damp or compacted and it lead to rot?

It's been like this for a month or so. Alocasia melo. Had 2 leaves. Lost one. Then I moved it to a window sill for more light and then second leaf dropped. Realized that the temperature change probably did it in. Now it sits. One green stem. Is it alive? Can it be helped? Any suggestions? It's not mushy.

Got her last September, she had 4 leaves. Shes pushing out her 16th leaf currently!

The tag said Amazonica Alocasia ???
Is that True?

Third pic is when i got it, March 2025

I have only recently started to get more confident with alocasias... had a frydek go into full meltdown and I'm finally healing it after moving it to semi-hydro, and I've since added this melo beauty this year that's been very happy. She's so happy that she's blooming, a LOT. After I killed my polly amazonica that bloomed, after doing nothing and changing nothing, I am FREAKING OUT about these blooms. What do I do??

She’s my pride and joy! I’ve had her 3 years and have never repotted.

We moved and she LOVES this new window. We went from maybe 2 leaves at a time to FIVE, with each one bigger than the last!

She’s in a 12 inch pot now, so would it make sense to repot?

I’m worried about her trunk support and leaning. We did add some stakes to help and I do try and rotate her.

I’m wondering if it might be a better idea to just bury her deep enough more of that trunk is covered?

she's my favorite, but don't tell the others!!

ID? Got her at Lowes for 15 bucks. She's a cutie patootie but idk who she is lol

Also, her leaves look a bit damaged, hoping she's healthy-ish

I just got this Alocasia today and was wondering if I should repot with leca and moss inside a vase? It’s currently in soil and had two corms on the surface of the soil. The soil it’s in from the store, is hella peat moss no perlite or bark on it . Idk if I should repot to my soil mix or go with the semi hydro? What would you do/recommend?

Also super top heavy , it’s like leaning .

Have had the plant since tissue culture pup about a month ago, and I’m super happy that she’s thriving :)

Question about the second pic though, whenever a new leaf starts to come up from the outside, does that 100% mean that the new leaf is originating from a new corm? Or is it possible for a new leaf to shoot out from the original corm but from the outside rather than the center?