Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Another calocasia ID needed, 1 by keonikale

keonikale wrote:
Re-reading this thread I noticed there was some debate about what specifically I meant by "running." Thought I'd clarify.

This EE spread both above and beneath the ground. It sends out very visible runners later in the season and they appear almost like bamboo rhizomes would traveling across the ground. At the tip is the newest colocasia, and eventually the "connecting cord" is severed.

They also appear to spread underground quite a bit, I'm guessing by the same type of runners that appear above ground - though beneath the ground they seem to spread even faster. They grow with a vengeance and have already taken over one part of my yard this year - including in my flower bed which has a retaining wall going over a foot into the ground (so it had to go under it) or it sent a surface runner in over the top late last year. Here's some new photos.