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What's w/ these Colocasia affinis 'Jenningsii'.
This is a 3" pot I just got a few weeks ago from Brian.
The leaves are barely 4" long and 4" tall.

Ric

Here's a close-up.

Man they start young in KY! LOL

Ric
(I can make that joke. My Family came in right behind Daniel Boone)

Glad to see it doing so well. It can go dormant like a caladium from time to time and will sprout back up for any root. When I first grew it I thought I killed it multiple times. But it keeps sprouting back.

Thanks for answering.
Any special culture for it Brian?
Should it be forced into dormancy or just let it go on it's own?
Just stop watering when it does?
Can it be stored like a Caladium?

I was going to email you when I read about the dormancy period, but figured the info can be used by people the here.
Ric

Well colocasia affinis jenningsii is a different species than most colocasias. Most are what I would call esculenta. Though their are tons of forms of esculenta they are considered all this species. I really thing this group has been over looked a lot by botanist. Their are tons of hybrids and unexplanable forms.
Now with affinis it grows a small bulb I have never grown a bulb larger than a quarter. It is a miniture and it can possible grow year round it temps are suitable. But if it cools off for you I would slow down on the watering. I store my plants in the pots. Manly because like many colocasias that send out runners so does affinis but they are very thin small like vines under the ground. When they break dormancy each section or even piece of this tiny vine can grow a new plant. The first few years I would just dig up the bulb and reuse the dirt finding them in other pots because of it. If you are very careful and dig it out slowly you may fine these rhizome vines. As for when it goes dormant it seems most have gone dormant right after flowering so you may watch closely. I will probably get a lot of emails that people think they have killed it. I get them every year form amorphophallus novice and this one. Good luck.

Thanks Again.
While, Iike most here, I love the 'Big Guns' I find the small odd forms much more interesting.
Not to mention they take up far less space.lol

Ric

Nice color, Ric! Neat to see a bloom on it.
:) Donna