I'm now in love with these after my Tesco eddoes did so well, not so in love with alocasia's which I must confess are too fussy and slow for my liking. So next year i'm going to try some other varients of colcasias out, the diamond head looks ...

Calidora 3 [ Image ] They say mother knows best, well went to the parents today and the Calidora I gave her, which she instinctively put in a pot, completely dwarves mine! No more leaves as such, just far bigger leaves, and a thicker stem too. In a real sun trap of a corner, with the pot on a bed o...

Planting out is a bit iffy the further north you go, but the plant needs to be established wherever you are, and yours is tiny. Absolutely. Mine is only a young 'un, bought as a plug last autumn. It's at least twice the size of the one in the pic and is still being cosseted. It will not got out unt...

Alocasia needs higher soil temps, and even down here are not as fast a Colocasia. A motorin' Colocasia will grow 3 or 4 leaves a month. Alocasia about one, or one and a half, but the Calidora, in time, will have bigger leaves. If the soil temp is too low they stall. Ideal soil temp is above 25C. My...

Planting out is a bit iffy the further north you go, but the plant needs to be established wherever you are, and yours is tiny. Absolutely. Mine is only a young 'un, bought as a plug last autumn. It's at least twice the size of the one in the pic and is still being cosseted. It will not got out unt...

... soon, with such small leaves which makes it harder for them to get going? Am I expecting too much out of them in the first year? Does the Tesco Eddoes tennis ball size corm give it the advantage? I'm happy with the Eddoe's, look lovely, the calidora's though OH DEARY ME :lol: Planting out is ...

Alocasia needs higher soil temps, and even down here are not as fast a Colocasia. A motorin' Colocasia will grow 3 or 4 leaves a month. Alocasia about one, or one and a half, but the Calidora, in time, will have bigger leaves. If the soil temp is too low they stall. Ideal soil temp is above 25C. My ...

Is alocasia always the slower?

this is a colocasia vs alocasia story imho.

First year trying them :cry: :oops: My Tesco Eddoes are easily outperforming my Calidoras which I thought would be monsters by now :lol: Tesco Eddoe VS Calidora 1 http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y438/grapevine777/20130724_185250.jpg Calidora ...

Looking great! My eddies planted I. The garden although not very big they do look nice growing in groups either side of my tiki hut. Your myan mask is looking great too I'd love one of them they do look the part. I was going to try one of my eddies in the pond but forgot lol mabe next year ;-) Regar...

Well those edoes and colocasia i planted certainly seem to be doing well in the hot weather in the conservatory! Im afraid the colocasia, which i placed in the fish pond, is going to take over everything! it wont stop growing!! fell over a couple of times, ive kept it in a small pot, but its just gr...

Im sure glad there are plenty of colocasias available over here cus I have had zero luck with eddoes from the store. rotted at least a dozen of them over winter..and that was with a heat mat.

... started off about 3 weeks ago. I really should get a heatmat! look at those drunken_smilie1 First leaf has opened now, looks different from other eddoes i've seen though http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y438/grapevine777/20130622_103643_zps7b71e033.jpg

Here's some I started off about 3 weeks ago.