This Colocasia has been producing what looks like new plants from older petioles. Far up the petiole a new leaf emerges and possibly a new plant. I have not seen anything like this on any of my other Colocasias before.
Anyone seen this before on a Colocasia??
Looks to me like a partially formed and abbreviated stolon where what normally are scale leaves are nearly full size leaves. At least, that's what it looks like from the photo.
Hi Brian - if this were a daylily, it would be called a proliferation - a new plant that has developed on the stem, or scape in the case of a daylily. If you have never seen this before on an aroid, it MUST be unusual....LOL
jan - paul's buddy from the zoo
could you get some more pictures? I've had this happen this year so some of mine. If its the same thing. Mine results from when we get lots of rain and the plant grows good. Then when we get a week of no rain and I'm not able to water them. Its almost as if they we're halfway ready to pop out a new leaf and then have no water to finish what they started. So they wait then pop out a little one up high like your talking about.
Well I looked closer at it today and it is a new plant forming out of the stem. I felt further down the stem to see if another leaf would emerge from the base. I am not sure yet if it will or not push out a new leaf from the base. The odd leaf coming out of the stem has sense pushed out a new leaf from itself. I am guessing this is much like a runner.
Jan good to hear from you hope all is well. I hope this mutation or what ever it maybe is stable enough to keep around. It would be interesting to see what a plant full of these would look like.
Shadow I think I have seen what you are talking about which is usually a leaf forming at the upper portion of the petiole. This looks similar other than it is just popping out of the petioles their is not slice down the petiole were it is forming like a normal leaf. On this a odd knot forms and a new plant starts to grow out of it.
Here is another photo of the plant.
I've had 'Illustrus' do this before. The leaves didn't last long though.