Different types of Colocasia and Alocasia aka "Elephant Ears" + What's the difference?!
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- Have you wondered what's the difference between colocasia and alocasia? So have I! Here, I give a quick way to know the difference and discuss the varieties that I have personal experience with. I absolutely love elephant ears even though they get a bad rap sometimes for being invasive, not all of them are! They work perfectly in a tropical setting and they come in many colors and textures.
**Edited to add: I have since learned the ones that I call "your everyday elephant ears" that I got from friends/family are actually Xanthosoma sagittifolium and can definitely be invasive in certain areas. They will fill up an area very quickly, which I'm fine with but just know that they do multiply easily.
I'm in zone 9a, Houston TX. 
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I love these plants. Thanks for sharing!
im so excited because tomorrow i get one of these babies but its varigated! They look lovely and I can just imagine a leaf that size with beatiful varigated patterns !!
So fresh and Beautiful plants
You can see how excited you about your plants! That's so cool and cute!!
Great plants. Good information on them!
Thank you so much for breaking it down!
Amazing colocasia collection, I'm just starting to care for these plants, your video inspires and help me to get started
Awesome Video! You have some really nice plants, "Elephant Ears" are definitely my favorites! :)
Thank you!!! Mine too 😁
Hey Fellow Houstonian!
Just wanted to say that your video Rocks! Great Info! Light, Natural, Clear, & Enlightening.
Thank you SO much!
Awesome video thanks for the inspiration! I have colocasia around My pond
Thank you for all of the information on this particular plant..I have a couple of them I love those plants
Thanks now I know the difference between alocasia and colocasia. I got my purple colocasia growing in my fish tanks. Very easy to grow.
Thanks for the info 🙏🏻I will be trying this with my own 🪴👌🏼
Thanks for sharing. You have a lovely collection of Alocasia and Colocasia plants in your garden. 😊
Thank you 🥰
Wow beautiful garden 🌱😍 very good video 👍
Beautiful flowers 💐 😍 💕
love the vibes
Beautiful garden
Lovely setup that you have there madam, and I am already enthralled
Finally someone in my area! Thanks for helping me understand the differences. I’ll look forward to more of your videos. I’m in Fruit City, near you!
Thanks! Glad you found me :)
Wow I love your colocasia collection😍
My favorite plant. Thank you!
I love this video so much!!!! My grandma had huge colocasia plants and I always loved them. I hope to create a nice corner and collect a few again ♥ Beautiful video!
Thank you! That would be a great tribute to your grandma!
You really have these name down really well! Thanks for the advice of spreading them out. Great rescue from the neighbor!
Thank you! Yes I couldn't believe my luck with the "trash" elephant ears hahaha.
@@planttodaywithamyrae now let me check my neighbors backyards too lol Kurt kidding
I have never heard them be given a bad name until you said it. I love them.
Gosh, people really bad mouth them on some gardening Facebook pages I’m in because they can get invasive.
Great video! Nice 👍🏻 collection!
Amy I do love everything about you, great videos ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great video. You know your stuff !!!!!
So glad I found your channel! Newbie plant mom here and I never knew I could have such variety with part shade and full shade light. I’m excited as I just planted the black magic and now wanting to go back and get the beautiful varieties you have mentioned here. Thank you, for this information! Much needed! Oh, and I see you’re from Houston! I’m in Tomball. 🙌🏼
Awesome!!! My white lava and mojito have reproduced a ton since the freeze too! They’re all coming back nicely.
Your garden is beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I hope the storm in Houston last night didn’t affect them.
Great information, thank you 👏🇬🇧
great garden im from missouri i love mine yours are beautiful. good job!!!
Beautiful plant
Great presentation. I have a couple elephant ears and they die back in winter (Dallas) but return in June. My fence border is aralia but damaged by the freeze. The little troopers are are coming back but because they were 6 feet tall and the new growth is now about 2 feet from the ground I have some big open spaces. Going to plant about 10 elephant ears to fill the spaces this summer. Next year I will let them fight it out. Big back yard I try to keep looking tropical. 4 of my 8 fan palms are showing life, the other 4, still waiting.
So nice to find a RUclipsr that’s local!
Yay! Welcome!
Really great informative video ! Easy to listen to !:)
😊 thank you!
Just found your channel. I’ve known about Colocasia for a long time but had not found a source here in Central Pa. This year I saw them at Lowe’s and picked up two tubers/bulbs of the Gigantea. I planted them adding a generous amount of Epsom Salts(magnesium) and worm castings. I planted at the end of May and by August they were five feet tall. They are absolutely gorgeous and looking forward to next year.
Wow I love love elephant ears. You have soo many beautiful varieties. And thank u thank u for saving that gigantia elephant ear
Beautiful.
I live in Ukiah California which is zone 14 so we do freeze. I've notice if I cut all the leaf stocks short except the last to sprout. I then cut the leaf and leave the stock. The next sprout will stay protected from freeze and spout earlier then ones cut at the base.
By the way nice video and great yard.
Wow! you have really nice both Alocasia and Colocasia that I haven’t have them yet
Loved your video ❤️
Such a great video!! I am a novice gardener here in Houston so this was majorly helpful. I just planted my first elephant ear bulb in a pot since I’m an apartment balcony gardener. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼🌱💕
That’s awesome! It should do great!
Hello, how are you and your plants doing?🙂
Great video. @ 3mins 16s in, the plants here are Xanthosoma robustum.
Beautiful
Very nice ...this plant is very common in My Nation ....😍👍 From 🇮🇳
Wow impressive
Love your video with all the plants accompanying your explanations. Just love the different shades of green. It looks tropical and the very nice fencing actually complements your garden space!
A really lovely video!
Great video.
My caladiums are just starting to come up. They definitely take a while to come up. It’s taken so long they appearing in places i forgot i planted them 😂🪴
Very nice very good information . From Tamil Nadu South India .
I bought the that you got from your sister....Love the purple under the leafs also when the leaves are young they have a velvety shine to them that is absolutely stunning. I bought it at a local nursery ( I'm in Toronto ) at 1.5 feet tall back in June of this past summer since then I had to transfer it into a larger pot and is now 5 feet tall and flourishing inside the house (was outside in the pot) It also flowered 2 flowers and believe its developed seeds. Also there are several babies that will need to be removed and replanted...Im absalutely fascinated with this tropical plant 🪴 . I really enjoyed your video and subscribed to your chanel so I can learn more about this variety of this plant ...Cheerz Great job.
That is so amazing!!! I’m glad to hear it’s thriving inside as well! It’s fascinating how huge they get.
Heyyyyy, I'm in Houston too. I have 3 or 4 varieties in and out of the house. Such a great addition.
Nice!!!! Yeah I just bought three more varieties lol. Can’t stop won’t stop!
Me too!! H-TINE! I just spotted some huge ones by my fishing spot, I'm gonna go dig em up tomorrow! Already have a bunch of the common type in my backyard, looking to add ALL types!
Excellent. Just what I needed to know about growing outdoor. ❤🎉🎉🎉. I thought I'd lost an alocasia Stingray indoors. It looked dead, so I placed the pot in the garden hidden by ferns. The following spring, while tending to the fern area, I discovered the hidden pot. It had a tiny leaf and sure enough, it was a stingray. I brought the tiny thing indoors and to my surprise another plant surfaces beside it. It's doing really well even though it is now really bushy the leaves are yet to grow larger than my hand. None the less, it's so healthy and , fingers crossed None have died. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
How exciting!
Beautiful garden and thank you for making this video. What are the green and yellow plants behind the White Lava plant.
Variegated ginger! Very easy plant to keep happy!
Thank you so much! I was watching your video again and subscribed! { : {) } >
Fun to see your garden !!
The giant colocasia is probably 'Jack's Giant '.
The gigantea has different leaf color and shape.
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Awesome!
Thanks for the video! What growing zone was this video?
I’m in Houston, TX. Zone 9a
I'm so glad i watched your video til the end!! I've been stressed about these elephant ears i got at walmart 2 months ago. I am new to planting and had no idea what i was buying, they just looked unique. They are growing but they are purple underneath with purple stalks. And the new sprouts are all purple. I was stressed that i was killing it, but now i see they are just a different type... mayan. Thank you 😊😊
How fun! Yea, that’s the best part is that they’re all so unique and beautiful!
There are some bargains at Wally but I found that many of they elephant ear bulbs were shriveled to dry to save. I think it is dependent on each stores garden staff.
Love the video 💜 I've learned so much!!!
May I ask what the plant is at the beginning of the video when showing the diamond head with all that beautiful fuchsia pink?
Thank you!! That is a Ti plant also known as Pink Sister plant (Cordyline fruiticosa)! They are beautiful and easy to grow!
@@planttodaywithamyrae I have a cordyline in my back porch (zone 8a), but the tag said it should be brought inside in the winter. Does it survive your winters? I wish I could plant it in the ground.
@@celianewman4809 it does survive, but I’m in 9a so a bit warmer. Although the big freeze we had killed it, last month it came back from the roots! Little shoots popped up all around it.
You are so chill! We're beginning our elephant ear planting journy here in Okinawa, Japan. There are tons of these in the jungle around our land I was planning on digging some up however my friend said they may be poisonous. Are you familiar with the poisonous variety?
How exciting! All elephant ears can cause GI irritation to humans & animals if eaten. They can also cause a rash & burning if the liquid gets on your skin during pruning. Many people eat the Taro root (and the leaves) but all of it needs to be cooked properly so it’s not poisonous. So in most situations, it’s not considered poisonous to grow it for aesthetic purposes (just take care when pruning).
Great video. I love elephant ears being from Florida, but now in Las Vegas where I'm told it's too dry with 0% humidity for them to grow. ):
You could do a little pond with them or keep them in a sunny bathroom 😆
I was so excited to plant some of these and currently have 4 pots of them started that I bought last week! However, I just found out that they can be very poisionous to pets, kids and people--causing many problems for many people writing in to the Gardening channel.. Gosh, I am so bummed out- was really looking forward to growing them, but with my dogs, I am not sure that it would be worth potential issues, if they were to find a leaf on the ground and chew it.. Anyone have any feedback to this??
Did you have to prop up the stalks/leaves on the Gigantea's? I'm in Houston also. Have a potted Alocacia on a patio, facing south. Had to keep them half in and out of full sun. Had some dead leaf tips and some edges. I should have watered it more, but was afraid of root rot. Several different plants in same pot. Going to transplant some of the smaller ones. What fertilizer do you use? I've been using Arborgates Organic plant food for all my plants.
Only some of the giganteas needed staking but yes, I did when necessary. I use MicroLife Organic fertilizer for most everything.
Thanks Amy I too live in H. I found my Ala 1 leaf side of a building . Now 10 mos later 7 feet tall with a white bloom in the center and 3 new buds unbelievable right
That’s awesome! Love these plants
Thats how I found my giants too. At first I thought "Hmmmm a banana tree, I am taking you home". I literally screamed when I pulled it free from under the leaf pile and it still had its leaves. I made concrete castings from the leaves 24 x 39 inch monsters. Thank you for your informative video.
It’s like Christmas!
Nice video ☺
Question: How deep do you plant the colocasia/alocasias? And do you cover them in winters with berch or mulch?
I plant the bulb up to the neck. The bulb naturally starts to rise up after a year or so, it just kind of does what it wants. I do try to mulch heavily in winter but they all came back after we had a few days of 20 degree weather.
@@planttodaywithamyrae Thak you ☺ Do you remove the berch.mulch after winter or just leave it as topping for soil?
@@parttimeninja5521 I do pull it back away from the neck of the bulb if it died completely back
Nice
I found this video so helpful. I recently got a Colocasia teacup or coffee cup as some call it. It was labeled as an allocation so I thought it was maybe a dark star or a black stem which I've heard do well indoors but I don't know much about the teacups I've heard their perennials and I'm afraid it's not going to be a good house plant 😕
You can definitely grow it indoors! It does love humidity though, so put a layer of rock/pebbles on the saucer under the pot to help with that. Then mist it often too. Indirect light is best and it should do well! It would love the bathroom if you have good light there!
Vanakam 🌳🦚🪷
Thank you for sharing 🦢
Great video, gorgeous plants! I just got my first (it’s purple!) at a greenhouse. Would it do well in a duck pond? I’ve seen some people grow them in water. (It’s just a tiny pond in my garden)
Yeah! I haven’t personally planted them in a pond but I know they’ll do well. Do a little search on how to plant them there bc I think there’s a certain way to do it. Good luck!!!
@@planttodaywithamyrae thank you!!
I would love a care tip video for colocasias! 😍 I think I have a gigantea too and this whole time I’ve been trying to grow it indoors and starting to think maybe it’ll do better outside but I’m worried about winter (I live in north California but lately the winters have been getting colder). I’m still confused what kind of soil they like and how much water since I keep mine in a pot
It should do fine inside! It loves water but really doesn’t care what kind of soil it’s in!!! They’ll grow pretty much anywhere! In a pot I water them 1-2 times a week. It’ll need bright light to grow best.
I read that they prefer a slightly acidic soil. 6.5-7.0
Can GAINT Alocassisias grow in partially shaded region... Please let me know.... & Thank you for sharing simple description on Colocassia & alocassisia...
Yes they prefer partial shade!
I love Elephant ears plants I have few
Beautiful garden! I've subscribed. Where I live nurseries don't offer colocasia, however I can find Taro roots in the grocery markets occasionally. Will Taro root (planted correctly) give me these big beautiful leaves?? Thanks!
Yes absolutely, that would be fun to watch! I’m curious, where do you live that they don’t offer colocasia?
@@planttodaywithamyrae Oh, terrific! I'm going to give it a try then. I live in Jerusalem Israel and went to 5,6 nurseries, and none of them carry them. We're 9b so they should be a good here. My guess is that since we've usually had water shortages here people didn't plant them because they like to drink! In the past 5-10 years we've pretty much solved our water problems by desalinization, so it'll be interesting if gardening habits will change. Love everything in your garden, are those stromanthe? I only know the indoor type, those are magnificent!
@@letXeqX oh how fascinating, I’d love to visit there one day! I do have a small stromanthe out there but you’re probably referring to the large variegated ginger 🙂
@@planttodaywithamyrae yeah, you're right. I looked it up, variegated shell ginger, they're absolutely Jurassic, never heard of them before but I love them now. Unfortunately I googled them and they don't appear to be available here either, *sigh*. Yes, you must visit Israel, bring plants! lol. happy gardening, looking forward to poking around your channel some more and seeing what your growing!
I love all your Elephant ears. The black diamond is the hardest for me to find. I live just south of Fort Worth but I’m from Houston. I do have some in my flowerbeds and they are taller than me which I’m 5’9. If you could give me some advice on where to find some of the other types I’d appreciate it.
I’ll be honest, it’s been very random where I find them and also I’m not willing to pay an arm & a leg so unless it’s ultra rare then I’ll wait to find it elsewhere. I got three varieties at Natius nursery near Kingwood, Diamondhead from Houston garden center but I haven’t seen them in a while. Recently I got two new varieties (blue Hawaii and Hawaiian Punch) at Lowe’s! You can find a lot on Etsy, but may pay a premium for them. At least you know even if you buy a small baby, they’ll reproduce quickly!
@@planttodaywithamyrae thanks for the insight. I sometimes go to the Houston Garden Centers when I’m visiting family in Tomball. I will definitely look at different sights plus the one you mentioned for different elephant ears. Thanks again
Imma call you the elephant ear queen. I have purchase my first alocasia colo..whatever you said 😂and yours are soooo beautiful. Have you did a care video for them?
Thank you!!! I haven’t done a care video, because honestly I don’t do anything to them except cut off the spent leaves!!!
Very pleasant explanations! Wish the sound could be a little louder! (getting old)
Hey Amy I have 1 large Colocasia growing in my small yard and it flowered! (4 flowers so far) The flowers are still new ish but I was wondering if any of yours ever flowered and if you`ve gotten seeds from them. ?
Wow 4 is a lot! Yes mine also flower but I’ve never “assisted” them to pollinate & so no I haven’t gotten seeds. From what I read, they don’t pollinate very often and they need a little bit of assistance.
I’m in Pearland looking forward to growing some. Checking out Lowe’s tomorrow.
Hello. I have a colocasia in a pot and I noticed it’s roots coming out the bottom.. I really want to put in the ground but I’m too scared to.. will it survive In the ground? It gets part sun and I’m in Belton Texas.
Thank you
Yes absolutely, it will love it but definitely put it in a spot you’re okay with it spreading or you could share the babies :)
I have new elephant ears and it has sent out a long shoot about a metre long 3 and a half feet long that lays across the ground and it is in a pot on gravel. Is it a new shoot? Should l put it next to soil so it can grow. It also has a flower spike, which l didn't realise it can do?
Yes, many types send out runners which become new plants. It’s up to you if you want it to colonize somewhere then putting it in the ground would be the way to go. If it’s sending runners out of the pot, does it appear to have outgrown its pot?
And yes, mine flower often :)
Do you have a video of all of your backyard plants?
I kept meaning to make one before the winter but then time got away from me. This spring I will definitely do just that!
@@planttodaywithamyrae Awesome. Thank you!
I’m new to growing, and purchased a Colocasia Black Magic for my landscape. After moving to the area to be planted in ground, they began to develop brown spots. I’m so bummed. Any suggestions? I’m local, in Beaumont, TX.
Are they brown spots all over on each leaf? If so, that’s most likely rust & you should spray a Copper Fungicide to get rid of it. If it’s just browning/yellowing of some leaves just chop those off & it’ll regrow new ones.
Which ones have the edible tubers?
I bought what were supposed to be the “regular” EEs and they all grew as big as what you’re thinking is gigantea. I don’t know if they just like my dirt, but they grew to 4-5 feet tall and huge leaves. My Filipino neighbor got very excited because she recognized them as Taro, which she didn’t know would grow here (I’m in Katy). My taro got as big as my Jack’s giants; to only way you could tell the difference was the Jack’s had much bigger corms. If I had pictures I would send you a few, but I never took them. I’m afraid I’m starting over from scratch this year, because I had asked my handyman to weed the bed- showed him what was not a weed and what was- and for some reason he decided my EEs were all dead and he pulled them up. I was furious because I had showed him exactly what to pull out. He even cut my Jack’s Giant corms in half because he couldn’t get them out easily. I was sad for a week, then started looking at EEs online and planning to start over. You have some beautiful plants. Have you been successful at getting mojito to grow? I’ve tried twice and they were just too tender. I was sad.
Oh my, how awful about the handyman!!! Were you able to salvage any of them?! I still don’t truly know what mine are but they’re great! So, I have the Illustris variety, not mojitos, and they’ve proven to be very hardy & they multiply quickly!
Hello !! Can u please tell me which one has the highest foliage yield per month or year ? And how much ( in weight ) would it be per hectare ??
I’m sorry, I don’t know the answer for that.
Do you take some in in the winter ?
On most years, no. This year, though, we had an extremely rare deep freeze. I didn’t dig any up but I had a few in pots already. Anything in a pot, I took inside. Everything died back but I do see signs of life coming from most all the colocasia. Unfortunately none of the Alocasia varieties are showing any green yet but I’m still holding out hope.
Where do you live? I'm in NY state. I really want to see if I can grow these. :)
I’m in Houston, TX. You can absolutely grow them but you’ll have to dig up the bulbs before winter & store them inside. Or plant them in pots and have them be indoor plants during the winter. :)
I have elephant ears and I don't know the exact name for them but I get minds to grow about o9 to 10 feet tall. Wish I could show them to you. Hopefully I can find a way to show you
😃thanks
The giant taro leaf can make used as an umbrella to shadehead but ths taro plants seldom flowers n do u often cook them as dishes
I have not cooked them before, I would need to learn how to do that!
is that variegated jewel weed (aka touch me not) to the left?
That’s a green colored copper plant :)
Hi could you please tell me what type of soil you have? Thanks.
It’s a sandy/clay mix. Typical suburban Houston soil 😃
I want to try the black diamond and white lava, but don't want to waste time and money.
I'm originally from Beaumont, TX, near you but now in Dallas...we get a lot of dry summer heat versus the humidity I was so used to back home.
would you try those two? My growing area is all full sun🥵
The Diamondheads can definitely take the sun but the white lava would prefer some shade in the hot afternoons. As long as you can water them well, I don’t see that being a problem!
@@planttodaywithamyrae thanks. I'll stick with the diamond heads since my area is full sun and forego the white lava.
My wife works from home and can water frequently or set the irrigation to do so.
I live in zone 7, so I will have to dig them up in fall.
How were you able to grow your elephant ear so big so quickly? You must have very rich soil?
Not really! The variety makes a big difference. The largest ones are Jack’s giant variety I believe and so they grow big quickly.
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How long did it take for them to grow into adults that big?
One season! So like 2-3 months!
How much water and feeding does the first type need?
It’s like to stay moist, it can even live in wet boggy conditions. I don’t ever feed them but it doesn’t hurt ;)
I have been trying to get the proper name of of the regular colacasia , you said it was a esculente ? Are you positive? I’m seeing on the internet the Elephant ear ears with wavy sides is that name. Someone please help
So the ones I call “regular” that are more pointy downward shaped are technically xanthosoma sagittifolim, i only later learned that and I edited my description to note it. They are different in that the base of the leaf separates where the stem comes out, whereas colocasia has more leaf behind where the stem comes out and it’s not separated. It’s hard to explain without a picture but I hope this helps.
Amy…….you are gorgeous…..!!..👍😎
did she separate the tubers or just the leaf?
The tubers, I just gently pulled them apart. The way it was planted, they must’ve used a bunch of baby tubers.