My entire Alocasia collection + how I'm growing them!

This is the first time I've ever done a video showing every plant I own a of a particular genus, and to be honest I only did it with Alocasia because I only have 13 😂
If you are new to Alocasias, or if you're struggling with them, I hope that this video helps!
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[@marixlife]

I secretly asked for this video, don’t worry 😂

[@youdontevengrowhere]

😂😂 oh so it was YOU

[@sanchezkaylle8322]

A video I didn't know I needed. 🔥

[@LeyzeeMusic]

YES! I fell in love with the Scalprum after seeing it on yours and Charmaine's channel, I had to get one for myself and I absolutely do not regret it. I LOVE my scalprum, such a gorgeous plant, I love the elongated leathery leaves

[@youdontevengrowhere]

They’re so good 😭😭

[@koinglmao4059]

I almost had a heart attack when I saw the flowers on the silver dragon. You're really lucky that you have strong nutrients. My alocasias died cause they were flowering too much 😅

[@spikedout2323]

Alocasia love love love water and I've found that a semi-hydro set up seems to be the right kind of environment for their roots to thrive in. I've experienced the most success with all of my Alocasia by transitioning and growing them in pon and in self-watering pots (more specifically Lechuza self-watering pots but any kind will work just fine). I've never had any issues with roots dying off, leaves dropping, or leaves/stems melting in high humidity like you mentioned. In fact, the roots on all of my Alocasia in pon have done quite the opposite by growing absolutely crazy, and after being transferred they all started growing significantly larger leaves and are able to hold on to older leaves for much longer. I actually had even better success keeping them in my Milsbo wide with higher humidity and a water reservoir during the initial transitionary period, which I have also found really helped to increase leaf size. They quickly outgrew the cabinet and were very easy to bring out into ambient room conditions without any of them skipping a beat in terms of growth. I think a no-drainage set up could be more effective in giving you better results than the methods you are currently using, but again, just want to emphasize how much of a difference I noticed almost immediately after starting to use self-watering pots.

[@bekology101]

What nutrients are you using ? And do you have a cache pot or are they in no drainage ?

[@mark0551]

My boy is making soil look good. Growin like a champ

[@MagdalenaBodziony]

I see a tendency of loving your videos that noone requested :D

[@youdontevengrowhere]

😂

[@mayarada2059]

Absolutely, you had such a pretty healthy gorgeous great condition house plants collection you've got , enjoy watching and thank you .

[@Yoliplanting]

Congratulations on 4k!! Yayy! Really enjoyed this video.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Thank you Yoli!! 🥳❤️

[@patriciajackson5414]

Thanks so much for the tour of your Alocasia collection. All very beautiful and helpful information.

[@cozyjackie]

I'm obsessed with variegated alocasia Polly and would love to live vicariously through you getting one 😍

[@illy420]

Omg yes! Love this video

[@silke_8422]

Such a beautiful alocasia collection 💚 The idea with the middle step of putting the alocasia in water first and than move it into pon is really interesting.

[@Gummibeerlie]

My best experience with transitions from soil to leca has been to clean the roots, put the plant into (clean) leca and give it a rinse with clear water. Repeate the rinse every time the leca dries out. I will not let the fresh transitioned plant stay in water for a few weeks. This is high maintenance but they keep most roots and all leaves this way. Another possibility is to keep only water for 2-3 days in the reservoir, let the leca (not the roots!) dry between waterings. Very nice collection 😊

[@karlyk.1102]

I got my scalprum after seeing yours, and now I have more for my wish list...lol

[@aplantprocess]

Laughed at the description “Same plant in a different outfit” - perfect description. I have exactly the same feeling about Alocasias except I probably like them a little more because they look so stunning behind other plants with their leaves peaking through or looming above. Sweet friendship plant indeed, such a great party plant 💚

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I haven’t used alocasias as background plants but now I’m thinking I should! 😀

[@Kacecool518]

I don't have a single alocasia, but I really want a variegated frydek! Been putting it off bc I'm scared of killing it haha. Also, you look radiant in this video - I love your hair!

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Thank you KC 😭😭

[@ThePlantySpace]

Just bought my first one last weekend!! Silver Dragon Scale and I am OBSESSED!!!!

[@plantypittsburgh]

I'm a new subscriber, but I was looking for your alocasia video. :)

[@loidaroman347]

Love your videos have some Alocasias of my own thanks for the information.

[@MairzyDoatz]

Alocasia princeps ‘purple cloak’ is for you! very sinister and gorgeous

[@AmericanaGardens]

I live Alocasia! You have a great collection!

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

Great collection Ma'am! You could had messed with everyone so hard. You should had said that your Jacklyn was a rare Jacklyn Variegata, and really got people going! lol 😁 Hope it recovered well!

[@Lilyplanted]

I did that method with my frydek, the intermediate of putting it in water and it didn’t skip a beat. Started growing roots and I was able to put it right into pon a week later!

[@marinavendro]

Super helpful! Thanks!

[@zap4980]

Thanks for sharing ❤ Beautiful 🤩 plants 🪴 I have over 250 plants not one alocasia I am intimidated by them 😂 they are so beautiful 🤩

[@lilyofthevalley54]

Excellent video. ❤️🌷

[@athenaseverance]

Alocasia is my favorite!

[@marymiller5824]

I have a black velvet in a self watering and it has done very well. She has 9 leaves….I am waiting on a dragon scale and a cuprea coming this week. My favorite plants

[@teartamother1892]

Fantastic I learnt so much from your vid

[@par3433]

Also as for your water trick.. plant life in the tropics would do that when transitioning plants to semi hydro and I started a while ago and it works super well!! Especially for thin rooted plants I find. I did that trick for my begonia so bad that went super limp when I tried to put it in pon so I took it out and rooted it in water and then placed it back in pon and it’s much happier!! and then I keep the water level a little higher for a bit

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Frick I’m so glad there’s evidence it works! I always did this with begonia, not sure why it never occurred to me to do this with alocasia 😂 thank you love!

[@peggybouillon9737]

I will definitely try to find the Scalprum!🌿

[@jhunelyngmartinez6483]

Beautiful alocasia

[@tess5564]

I transitioned my alocasia from soil to water to semi hydro and it has worked really well for me. It did drop its roots but it was easy to manage in the water

[@sierra734]

My Maharani was dormant for a year and a half and finally came back so patiently waiting on and off ! Tfs

[@FeliciaMichaels]

Yay! Alocasias!

[@LeoGreenberg515]

I discovered scalprums from you and Charmaine, but like others have said they are so hard to find in the US. Finally found a wee baby on Etsy and I can hardly contain myself it’ll be here tomorrow. 🥳🥳🥳

[@flowergirllove21]

I loveeee my heterophylla (dragons breath). It’s seriously one of my favorites. My reversa looks similar to the last one you shared too!

[@briannadboyd]

My black velvet is in an east facing window right next to a humidifier and it loves it. Since I introduced the humidifier, it's been growing significantly faster. Interesting that you've had a different experience!

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Interesting! I bet mine would probably enjoy that as well - higher humidity with open air flow

[@isaacspeyer1129]

I love Alocasia but yeah, when they decide they are gonna die, they are gonna die. Just lost my cuprea red secret, thankfully I was able to salvage 6 corms though! So here’s to hoping🤞gorgeous collection ❤

[@AquaStevae]

I'd put that Frydek back under the brighter lights, as the mint green doesn't give as nice of contrast, and thus isn't as satisfying to look at. Other than that, good vid. I have 33 species of Alocasia's, all doing incredibly well, EXCEPT my Sarian and Zebrina Reticulata. So if you have any advicec on those two, I'm all ears... Cheers!

[@karenmyers9146]

I have a pink dragon. Beautiful pink stems

[@iapprove8392]

Nice garden you have. I have Macrorrhiza, Odora, Portodora, Regal Shield, Amazónica and a Wentii Alocasia. Mine they all like a chunky soil. I let them dry completely intill the next watering and only rain water with a good fertilizer that has at least 7 nitrogen for the foliage. They love it. You should try these giant Alocasias you will love them for sure. Specially their giant leaves.

[@EmmaJH]

Great video, the same plant in different clothes made too much sense 😅 I've recently gotten an Alocasia Green Carpet and am loving it. It has similar veination to a Jacklyn, but a more slender shape and doesnt have the fuzz. Platinum dragon is also one you should check out

[@Mandi_Hui]

I totally agree i find Alocasia are the hardest to look after drooping leaves, yellowing and there blooms annoy me too thinking is a new leaf but is not and also getting there watering right as they like there soil to stay moist. I always wonder if they would do well in self watering pots. 🤔I find the easiest one is the Alocasia Dragon Scale i have it a year now the longest Alocasia in my collection. The Scalprum is a gorgeous one and the Azlanii aswell my top favourites but the hardest ones to take care of. Jacklyn i love there leave structure. If you want to add more Alocasia in your collection you can try the Stingray and the Zebrina i don’t see anyone really getting this one. The Melo and the Ninja is an interesting one.

[@adrianrentz5515]

Haha You have my instant attention in this instance :)

[@ashleyh.8207]

I have 21 different alocasia varieties in my collection & they are all in soil. I totally agree, they are such hungry little hippos…must be fed with each watering!😅 Also I think you would really like the Alocasia Venusta, it’s one of my faves. 🫶🏼

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I forgot about venusta!! Such a cool one 😍

[@Kelly_lilly]

Alocasias are so damn weird looking… I love it.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

1000%

[@crabbyplantqueen3310]

I may not have asked, but I am obsessed with alocasia right now. So it's timely lol. I will ask for you to Repot and chat when you to do the black velvet though. Also I've had to reroot my Jacklyn twice now. It freaked when I transferred it to pon. It's in a bit of moss and perlite and the roots look good FINALLY.

[@crabbyplantqueen3310]

Also, I blame you and Charmaine for getting me into alocasia😆. My Watsonsiana is different than yours I think. Is yours velvety? Mine isn't. I just posted a picture of it on IG cus it unfurled a fat leaf lol. But it's definitely different than yours. I wonder if there are some variations?

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Yay for saving your Jacklyn! I got mine into water after filming this video 😆 As for watson, it is a variety of A. longiloba, and to my knowledge the watsoniana is always velvety and the tell tale sign of a watson is that the veins will fork off near to the margin once it gets to a certain level of maturity, rather than being 1 straight line of that makes sense!

[@crabbyplantqueen3310]

@@youdontevengrowhere mine is definitely not velvety. I guess I need another one then lol.

[@stephaniebuzzella1]

I asked in my heart I think 😂 run with it

[@dabittyslaya]

Dont deel bad about yourself jacklyn. The 1st one i got, its probably Died back at keast 2 or 3 times. I got another one that one had spidermites crazy that ive been fighting. Whats their status now you ask? Like 4 stumps, no leaves. I have corms propagating, at this point, they'll probably grow faster than the original plants. Not to mention they grow so slow. Top 3 foliage imo, so itll be worth it one day lol

[@Dieppaloveplants]

Yesss i have 2 alocasias and they dont look too happy

[@bri0h2]

The frydek looks gorgeous with the lower light variegation 😍 can I ask how you get your systemic granules? I thought it wasn’t available in Canada ( I’m in manitoba and it’s so hard to find pest control where I am)

[@jackwinter1385]

Your cuprea in the glass vase looks great. Lecca is known to have a high pH value. Do you correct the pH value downwards? Or do you have soft water with a low pH value? Thank you for your feedback. And what is better for Alocasias: pon or lecca?

[@kbm4409]

Great video. What grow lights do you use

[@par3433]

I think I have 1 alocasia but I really would like to try growing more like alocasia jacklyn or your boyfriends wish list one those ones look so cool!!

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Imma send you a nobilis corm one day 😂

[@par3433]

I'M WRITING THIS DOWN LADY

[@lisaanglim9588]

How do you choose pon or leca for your no drainage or clear pots with slits with a cover pot?

[@michelleyu]

yah all my alocasias peaced out in an instant! HALP

[@youdontevengrowhere]

🤣

[@blackscorpio72]

Love your alocasia collection. I have many alocasias as well but am now getting nervous now that it is nearing winter. Mine are in our livingroom/diningroom under growlights. I live in the same region as you. Should I continue to feed weakly with every watering throughout late fall and winter? **nervous nailbiting** Some of mine went dormant and didn't bounce back last year. I am surprised you do not have a dark dark dark Alocasia Infernalis yet.

[@patriciajackson5414]

I too love Alocasias. My question is do you cover the roots entirely with water while in glass vessels, or just enough water in the bottom of the vessel?

[@plant_hooker1]

❤❤

[@charlenepolsky1575]

How exactly are you growing from corms? I am afraid I will mess it up so I just leave them in the pot & hope for the best

[@Kim-ts8nq]

Love the Variegated Frydek. When you plant in No Drainage with Pon and Leca. Do you flush? If so how often? Is there any plant that you wouldn't put in No Drainage? Thanks

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I actually don’t flush my no drainage plants 🙊 As for any plants I wouldn’t put into no drainage - no particular genus comes to mind, however I have found that my pendant anthuriums seem to grow faster in pots with holes on the side. They still do fine in no drainage vessels but the growth just isn’t as rapid

[@joannamartinez3379]

My Scalprum lost all the leaves now it has a huge single leaf you think it Will grow more leaves ?

[@deniseakagvtspender5885]

Hey-a I found your channel. I always see you on Unplantparenthood. You guys never mentioned the name of your channel. I found this video informative. You don't Sutter.😂 Thanks for sharing

[@victoragwu6795]

Hi! New subscriber here! Going through some of your older videos and I have a question. I just got two little Alocasias (a bit less than the length of my hand) and they’re rooted in soil. I want to transition them to pon but not sure if I should water propagate them first or just transfer directly to pon. I see that you mentioned you’ll test water propagation before pon in this video but I can’t find an update video talking about the result and your experience. So many different recs online and it would be helpful if you can give any advice based on your experience with Alocasias. Your videos have been so helpful!

[@user-lw4cp4uw6u]

I been trying to research this too and there are so many different opinions so I am a lil afraid to try, lol

[@victoragwu6795]

@@user-lw4cp4uw6u Hey! I didn’t get a response but I went ahead with a method. I never water propagated before transferring to pon for all of my Alocasia (about 7). Caveat here is that most were in moss (only three were in soil first) and they have all been small, young Alocasia. What I did was I VERY CAREFULLY took the soil or moss off, rinsed off what remained very gently, potted up in pon in a small clear cup with drainage and without a reservoir, then I poured new spring or distilled water every 2-3 days to flush through. I did this for about 3 weeks and every Alocasia survived. None dropped their leaves and in fact all have at least two leaves right now except one that I think is just not a healthy plant. It’s been stuck in a one leaf cycle ever since. By week two you should be able to notice new root growth through the plastic cup. High humidity (60+) and regular room temperature (69-78 Fahrenheit) in my case worked. If you have older/more established Alocasia I don’t know if this method would work.

[@user-lw4cp4uw6u]

@victoragwu6795 Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to explain your process. I think I am going to just go for it since my plants are pretty young so I think they will be fine!!

[@beardedhoya]

Antoro velvet though 👀 i want it but heard they are biiiiiitches to ship. Ionknow though. Dragon bone’s pretty cool too.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Ok antoro velvet looks badass af 🤩

[@beardedhoya]

@@youdontevengrowhere right?! I really want it… waiting till it pops up locally… but i might have to order it, i cant keep myself from fuzziness!

[@bellauncensored8834]

You need the variegated bambino!! Also…. Now that you’ve been using the tps billions for a few weeks. Do you like it more than great white? Seeing more results?

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I’ve only used tps billions on anthurium seedlings and the odd prop, and so far I will say I think I prefer great white?? I think I had better luck with transplant shock with great white. But I will need to use it on a wider variety of plants to be more sure!

[@bellauncensored8834]

@@youdontevengrowhere thank you!!! I won’t rush to get tps billions then. I already have great white 💗

[@ssssundae]

I desperately want a scalprum but they're hard to find in the US 😭

[@youdontevengrowhere]

*sends charmaine to scatter corms all across the united states*

[@SharonLewisAJRazz3]

Can you explain why you, and Charmaine, don’t cut off the dead leaves until it is past death? Would it be better for the plant so that it puts the energy in the other areas for better survival? Btw… I appreciate you both for your videos, they are true reality and it makes me feel not so bad when I kill a plant 🪴😁

[@youdontevengrowhere]

We prefer to let the leaf drop naturally (at least to the point where it can be plucked off with no effort) to allow the plant to reabsorb mobile nutrients from that leaf, rather than cutting it off before it can relocate those nutrients!

[@botanicassie]

I’m so scared now. I just transferred my little baby frydek with INSANE variegation from moss to pon. And I did it when the roots were still pretty small because I didn’t want it to get crazy rooted in moss before I switched. Praise god it doesn’t rot.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

It sounds like you made the switch at the right time!! I hope it pulls through the transition for you 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@botanicassie]

@@youdontevengrowhere oh good! I think I took that advice to do it while they’re young in moss, out of a different video of yours but then when I watched this one I was like… 🙈 I hope this was the right timing! Thanks for the reply babes!

[@fitvegancatmama]

I love alocasia. Might even be my favorite genus. Get a dragons breath! They are absolutely STUNNING when they size up and get super evil looking! Best advise is to not let alocasia dry out. Especially when a new leaf is otw. And avoid the super dry then wet cycle. They will quickly drop all their roots. I have around 30 varieties and I'll say the azlanii is the most picky of all. They respond the worst to underwatering. And even though I've gotten tons of corms from mine, I have yet to get a single viable corm. And I've had a few different plants. I also find that keeping alocasia root bound will keep them from sizing up past a certain point. Especially for the larger varieties. A few alocasia would recommend looking into: zebrina reticulata, sabrina (jacklyn narrow form), brancifolia, purple cloak, purple sword and stingray. A few favorite larger varieties: regal shield, lutea and metalhead 🤘🏼

[@stephaniebuzzella1]

Soooo.....should I throw all my alocasia into pon? Mine are all *okay*ish but they're big and old so I'm hoping I don't kill them all switching 😵‍💫🫠 guess we'll see 🎉

[@stephaniebuzzella1]

Okay maybe not? 🫠🤦🏼‍♀️

[@Heartleafkayla]

Love your username 🤣🩷

[@little.leafling3909]

Hey Alice🤗 wanted to ask if you ph adjust your water/nutrient water for plants in pon? And what ph is your water? Do you keep a dry phase between refilling the reservoir? I had my Micholitziana in Pon (no drainage) for 1 year with a thick layer of leca at the bottom. It was so happy and then all of a sudden it croaked, all the roots where the leca was were rotted😮‍💨 now I really dont know what went wrong and that kinda keeps me from feeling confident and trying again.. I used diluted liquid gold leaf and calmag every watering so nothing special there aswell.. Do you have any guesses? Thank you for your videos❤️🤗

[@youdontevengrowhere]

That’s so weird!! I wonder if there was any external stressor like maybe a drop in temperatures? I don’t pH adjust my water because when I tested my soil and pon with my nutrient water the run off was actually between pH 5-6 so there was no need! But if anything my tap water is on the basic side (around 8) so it wouldn’t cause burn, just nutrient lockout Also, I try not to let the pon 100% dry out for most of my plants (although this definitely happens unintentionally). Definitely not for alocasia though!

[@wannabe_gardner5857]

I've found with my Alocasia that they only produce corms if they are root bound. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤔

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Interesting! My Frydek has been root bound on more than one occasion and still no corms 😢 although I will say that’s the only alocasia I can’t get any corms from but it’s also the one I want corms from the most 🥲🥲

[@deletesoon1652]

Amazing mss you colection ,promisse ,you address,thanks

[@user-lw4cp4uw6u]

All, I took from this whole video, was...$2 Alocasia's...lol

[@ilyachap]

I’m not much of an alocasia person, too, but I love my Black Velvet and ughhhhhh I really want a variegated one, but they are hella expensive, even TCs… 🥲

[@ColocasiaCorm]

Your semi hydro in glass is inspiring