Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Alocasia lindenii, 0 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
Well this is not like most caladiums it one the line of not being one at all. I am not sure what keeps it out of the xanthosoma family. I believe it is because the pollen is string shapped rather than a fine dust look. The best I have seen it grown is as a aquatic in a very humid warm hot house. The water is moving and never below 60f so if you want to see it the best. So it demands a lot to be beautiful. But with those growing conditions it can get 7 feet tall. Other wise grow it much like a alocasia with no dormant cycle. In most cases alocasias besides the larger growers need constant heat and moisture to grow out their best. The best grower is Dennis at silver krome. He has his plants in a promix like soil in 6 inch pots hooked to a watering system with fertilizer. The plants are in tables were they hang through the holes so it drains very fast. The plants get huge very hast in this situation. They are soaked each day and are dry by night. Not many people can provide their plants with such a timed and perfected system as he has.