"Elaine T" wrote:

Lt. Kizhe Catson wrote:
G & K Meyer wrote:

We had been at a garden center that carries pond plants and they had a
number of the elephant ears totally under water and plants where about
3ft tall and told us that they have never had any trouble with rot.
Could it be the type? There is not a type listed on our wal-mart bulbs.


Assuming this is Taro, I grow my Black Magic as an emergent, ie. water
over top of the pot and it thrives. I now have about four, two of them
huge. But I realize they also grow out of water, in wet soil.

-- Kizhe

Elephant ear is a Taro relative, but much bigger. It grows to at least
7 feet, with enormous leaves. I don't think it likes wet feet so the
garden center probably has mislabeled Taro as elephant ears.

Elephant Ear & Taro are the same thing. Both are just common names for
Colocasia esculenta.

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.

"We need to make a sacrifice to the pond gods, find me a young virgin... oh,
and bring something to kill"