San Diego Joe wrote:
"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.


Thanks - I didn't know elephant ear was a common name for Taro. The
really big Alocasia spp. like Alocasia calidora or Alocasia macrorrhiza
are what I think of when someone says the common name "elephant ear".
There was one in a botanical garden where I went as a child.

Here's a link with a great picture.
http://www.excelsagardens.com/Produc...DETAILSID=3930
And if you scroll down on this page, there's a woman and child standing
under a beautiful Alocacia spp. to show how huge the leaves are.
http://natureproducts.net/Forest_Pro...colocasia.html

Wish I had somewhere for one of those in the backyard!

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