Beginner Gardening: Colocasia Leaves Flopping/Laying Down, 3 by SavvyDaze

SavvyDaze wrote:
Your Sarian looks somewhat like my Alocasia Mayan Mask. It's the only Alocasia I have and I love it. I have 3; I bought 2 of them last year, and 1 just popped up in the middle of some Black Beauty and I still can't figure out why. The other 2 were planted at least 12-30 feet away from where it popped up. Anyway, I dug it up and replanted it in its only little spot. I noticed it putting out a new leaf yesterday :) I dug up and overwintered my 2 Alocasia Mayan Mask last fall; One of them overwintered in the house and the other I let go completely dormant in a pot. I planted them back outside mid-May. Not sure whether to overwinter this year or take a chance on leaving them in the ground. They are "supposed to overwinter here in my area.

Do you have a picture of your Black Coral in a pot? How much sun is it getting? As I mentioned above, mine currently only get about 3 hours of direct sun (morning and late afternoon). After I bought it in April, I had planted it in an area that gets more sun, but the spidermites had a field day and really did a number on it. So I moved it to its current area with less sun hoping the mites would chill out. With a lot of water blasts to the leaves & insecticidal soap for a few weeks, the mites haven't been back. It is recovering nicely.

Pic #1: The Alocasia I overwintered inside. It is much bigger than the one I let go dormant.

Pic #2: The Alocasia I let go dormant & planted the rhizome/bulb in May. It's growing great!

Pic #3: The Mayan Mask that popped up in the Black Beauty now in its new spot.