Alocasia and colocasia... differance ?

Hi,ive been googling elephants ear and i cant see much differance between alocasia and colocasia..one image on both searches even has the same photo
Is there a differance,im confused
Thanks xx

 

Me to joolz, all I know is that they need it warmer than what it is now lol

 

Joolz

this should be interesting my Colocasia is in the post and other summer bulb goodies should be here Thursday I have emptied the airing cupboard ready as its meant to be huge tuber so that should get it growing.
Spruce

 

I think it was PeterS, who posed a thread regarding the differences some time last summer, maybe.
All I can remember was it had to do with where the leaf stalk attached to the leaf.
I also think Alocasia likes it a bit dryer than Colocasia.

 

I bought 5 colocasia elephant ear taro gabi bulbs from ebay(from india) and thats why i wanting to know the diff spruce,are alo the same as colo as elephant ear types
so much to learn!!

 

alocasia = leaves pointing up



calocasia = pointing down



but also you have to look at the shape of the leaves ......
overall I just start few eddoes in my propagator

 

How long are they going to take to get here ?, I did see them on ebay the ones you bought.

Spruce

 

Now i know colocasias can grow in water but ive not searched alocasias at all
Cheers pete

 

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Similar to the datura and brugmansia flower then

 

I bought them on the 22nd feb and they came yest quite quick really x

 

I been looking in the supermarkets for some eddoes, taros but no luck yet.
My local sainsburys sell all kinds of exotic fruit but not these.
The 2 alocasia I got from wilko's the other day for 25p each are doing well and expecting colocasia black magic and colocasia sangria from amulee sometime soon

 

those are few i`m germinating now





alocasia

 

Nice sal So are you supposed to put them in a bag or will compost and bottom heat do the same ?

 

Hi edoes you can get from Morrisons. I brought some last year. They germinated in the airing cupboard. I managed to grow three last year, but have lost 2 over winter.One minute they are growing, the next, they just die.Have no idea what I do to them lol. Don't know if it is under watering or over watering.

 

Thats not bad quicker than mine , I had to remind mine they had promised 1st week in March same old as someone had said on here they where slow on sending out but all sorted now
Spruce