Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Variegata'

I bought 2 pots of this elephant ear and wanted to be sure the ID is correct.

Some of the larger pups

Differnt view of larger pups

Here are a few on the smaller pups. Ome came up variegated & some solid green

budgielover.
They are Aloc.Marc. Variegated.
Some of the leaves will come out green.
I've over fertilized some and turn then all green, but they
start to come back variegated in time.
Jerry

Thanks Jerry

I first saw a picture of them in Grafs book. It took me 8yrs. to actually see one. Two more yrs. to get some at the I.A.S. show at Fairchild Tropical Garden in Coral Gables Fl. Jerry

Jerry
Do you keep yours in pots or in the ground?

You can plant them into the ground easily in 9B. I have them in the ground and have had them in the ground for over 10 years here in 8B.

Over time these can get to 6 ft and form a very large trunk. Very impressive.

I got my first start years ago from a friend who saw one single plant with a single variegated leaf showing in a bunch of regular green A. macrorhizza at a plant show. She snapped it up for $3, propagated it, and shared it with me. I have been growing it ever since. If you don't mind my asking, how much did you pay? Here, on the rare occasions you can find it, a 6" pot goes for between $14-20

Gothqueen,
I'll dmail you.

budgielover,
I have them in pots and planted in ground inside greenhouse. In my zone 8,even in grnhouse they go dormant in winter and they only come back as tiny little plants. Time they get big it's winter again. At the show i bought four plants for $30.00 each, in 2000.
If i was only able too have two tropicals it would be the Variegated
Alo.Mac. and Variegated EA-EA Banana and oh yes the Alo.Big Blue.
Jerry

This message was edited Jul 5, 2009 11:17 AM

I bought two of these plants today, they are tiny little things with just two leaves each. How much sun do you give them?

Shade to dappled sun is good. No full sun.

Gothqueen; You got a great price for plants that size!

Do any of you have an offset or pup of one your plants available?
I have been trying to find this plant for a while now.

There are some on ebay right now.

Thanks... I appreciate that. When I looked, they all come out of Thailand though.

Sorry! Never mind! I did find one out of Florida! Thanks again!