Alocasia, Variegated Elephant Ear, African Mask 'Frydek Variegata'

I bought this plant over a year ago and it was in a 2 inch pot and very expensive. It gets mites easily and never has more than 2 leave...Read Mores on it at one time. It now has about a 6 inch stalk from all the dead leaves. The leaves are still very small, just a few inches long. I admit, I am not the best EE grower but I usually do a bit better than this.

This plant has a very attractive velvet-like dark green sheen that is unlike any other elephant ear type plant among the several species ...Read Morethat I grow. It has returned dependably in my boderline Zone 8b/9a garden with a hefty covering of hay prior to the first frost.

Jeremy