OK, I need your alocasia tips! I really struggle with those - they are happy enough as outdoor houseplants in the summer but drop leaves (often turning kind of mushy first?) and limp along all winter. They weirdly also put up new leaves but drop at the same rate so I’ve two for two years that still have a net of 2-3 leaves apiece. (One is alocasia amazonica and the other I’m not sure but it’s a much lighter, variegated leaf.) My most successful one is a black velvet (I think - darker, more leathery matte leaves) and it has many leaves now but I’m worried for the dark times ahead...
Anyway, completely agree that “easy plant” is location specific. (My monstera is perfectly happy but wasn’t until I put it in our sunroom that faces south and east and gets bright light most of the day - way more than people claim a monstera needs!)
OK, I need your alocasia tips! I really struggle with those - they are happy enough as outdoor houseplants in the summer but drop leaves (often turning kind of mushy first?) and limp along all winter. They weirdly also put up new leaves but drop at the same rate so I’ve two for two years that still have a net of 2-3 leaves apiece. (One is alocasia amazonica and the other I’m not sure but it’s a much lighter, variegated leaf.) My most successful one is a black velvet (I think - darker, more leathery matte leaves) and it has many leaves now but I’m worried for the dark times ahead...
Anyway, completely agree that “easy plant” is location specific. (My monstera is perfectly happy but wasn’t until I put it in our sunroom that faces south and east and gets bright light most of the day - way more than people claim a monstera needs!)