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sandy0225 · 06-23-2010, 06:14 AM

It seems to be just a bigger version of macrorrhiza from a growth standpoint. So I'm thinking care would be the same. So far it's been identical to grow for me.
I'm planning on keeping it in the greenhouse with minimum temp 50 and just not watering/fertilizing it as much in the winter. My customers that don't have greenhouses are reporting good success keeping macrorrhiza and calidora just indoors as a houseplant and keeping it a lot drier in the winter than in the summer. Some of them have to cut it back before bringing it in, and they're reporting that it will grow back slowly over winter and that makes the plant more manageable as they get bigger. I have one lady that never lets her calidora go outside, it lives behind her sofa for the last three years. She no longer has a curtain on that window now because it's so big she doesn't need one.

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 470,240 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: Anybody grow Alocasia Borneo Giant?? It seems to be just a bigger version of macrorrhiza from a growth standpoint. So I'm thinking care would be the same. So far it's been identical to grow for me. I'm planning on keeping it in the greenhouse with minimum temp 50 and just not watering/fertilizing it as much in the winter. My customers that don't have greenhouses are reporting good success keeping macrorrhiza and calidora just indoors as a houseplant and keeping it a lot drier in the winter than in the summer. Some of them have to cut it back before bringing it in, and they're reporting that it will grow back slowly over winter and that makes the plant more manageable as they get bigger. I have one lady that never lets her calidora go outside, it lives behind her sofa for the last three years. She no longer has a curtain on that window now because it's so big she doesn't need one. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!