I have an Alocasia Variegated Maccorchizos. I overwintered it with no problem. I had two nice leaves from the winter storage. My children in "helping" me brought it out from the basement way too early this year and it went through 3 late frosts. It died to nothing, but has now came out with about 5 or 6 nice leaves(will be nice when they get bigger), but probably 20 - 25 small leaves of solid white, solid green and a few tiny variegated ones. Should I nip these off, let them grow also or nip off certain ones (as in all the green ones, all the white ones or what)??
What do I do?
The all-white ones will die off once the food supplies in their corms are used up. The all-green ones will outgrow all the others and take over unless you "weed" them out. The only ones you will want to keep are the variegated ones. Look carefully at the all-green ones to be sure you don't throw out one that is slightly variegated.
Here's a picture of a pretty large one - this was taken over 30 years ago in a location just a ways north of Orlando, FL.
Hope this helps,
LariAnn
Aroidia Research
Thanks LariAnn! That helps me a lot. I just wasn't sure what I should do with them and figured there was someone out here who would know.
Thanks Bunches!!
I was given some of these by a friend. She grows them in water. I planted them very shallow in a pond but during the wet season the water levels went up too high for long periods. They ended up rotting. One of the few Alocasia I've found that like water, but only up to a point.
tropicbreeze - That is interesting. I was really sad when I thought I had lost the plant, I think they are beautiful. Now my pot is full of new leaves. I took LariAnn's advice and cut out the solid green ones and am now just waiting for the white ones to die out. I am still going to have a pot full of leaves even at that. I wonder if I were to divide them if/when I should do it?
I also have the Mojito and love it too. They are quite a conversation piece in my garden.
I didn't get a chance to try it with mine but I'd leave them until the little ones start to develop a root system of their own.
