need help

I have obviously over watered my Bat Wings. This morning the leaves were all flopped over and when I touched them they fell off ROTTED.

I unpotted it and the roots had what looks like bulbetts. I repotted in a 4" pot and am hoping it will survive. Guess I'd better make a chart to remind me which need more sun/water and which need less.

Big Dipper is not happy either.

the roots look ok, at least it's not rotted. I planted it in the ground. Will it overwinter in 8a? or will I need to dig it up this winter?

Coffee Cups seems to be doing ok, but has several leaves that have died. Would it be better in the ground?

There are two plants in this pot. One I received as a trade as Metallica, the other I bought at a plant sale labeled 'calla lily' (I knew it was an EE). They both have black stems so I potted them together.

one seems to be alocasia

the other colocasia. Should I separate them?

Your big dipper is really easy and once in the ground it should produce leaves very soon. Do not fertilize your plants until they have a few new leaves fertilizer burns new roots and causes rot. As for you bat wing allow it to dry out completely then water only when needed in bright shade to full sun.

This message was edited Jul 15, 2006 9:46 AM

The dark alocasia is plumbea and below it is Colocasia fontanesii I would leave it alone for now but runners will come off ot it and start new pups at the ends its very easy to propagate once it starts doing this.

Thanks Brian, I was hoping you would see this. I'll let Bat Wings dry out. It's in the shade with my Cuprea (is that how you spell it?). Gets short splashes of sun through a tree overhead.

Thanks again, I'll correct the names in my plant file. What about water? little or lots? It's in mostly shade with a little sun.

Alocasia cuprea is tricky as well it likes to dry out between waterings. Shade is fine with it as long as its warm. Many alocasias do not do well below 45f temps and lack of drainage are the bigest killers I have seen in alocasia which are in either case able to get rot.