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dablo93
02-10-2008, 10:17 AM
Hey all, I have a small X. Saggitifolium with 3 leaves:2783:

can the people wich have also Xanthosoma post some pics of their plants:nanerwaveytrain:

:discocrazed:thanks:2220: :2687:
daen

bikoro child
02-10-2008, 10:22 AM
mine is still in the ground now ...coming again in May i presume but i'm no sure it was really small when the frost was coming..
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=7924 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7923)
I just have one pic..

dablo93
02-10-2008, 12:05 PM
Hi 'bikoro child' I didn't know that they can tolerate some frost. how long is it in ground?

bikoro child
02-10-2008, 12:11 PM
it's the first winter for it Ihave alocasia in ground too with colocasias...

Lilith
02-10-2008, 09:34 PM
Xanthosoma saggitifolia with 10 year old kid for scale
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/v466/Bihai/ArielX2.jpg

Colocasia "Black Marble" in my stream
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/v466/Bihai/aroids/DSCN5595.jpg

Lilith
02-10-2008, 09:35 PM
Variegated Alocasia, just to make it a three-species affair
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/v466/Bihai/aroids/DSCN5613.jpg

bikoro child
02-11-2008, 01:16 AM
wow all are great !!!

dablo93
02-11-2008, 01:52 AM
great plants!! I didn't know that a saggitifolium can grow that big:D
I will plant it this year in a very big pot and give it lots of water and fertilize!:)

Mark Hall
02-11-2008, 06:16 AM
Here,s my X. Violacea from last year.

Lilith
02-11-2008, 07:15 AM
THese grow so large in Florida because of high water. These are actually on the smaller size, because I don't run my sprinklers daily and they are planted in a relatively dry area unless it rains. There are some that grow in bogs and ditches around here that can top 6 ft. with a leaf spread of almost 4 ft.

X. violacea is one of my absolute favorites. I have a stand in my yard. Its down at the moment, dormant after the big freeze we had a couple weeks ago. But it gets to about 4-5 ft in summer

Randy4ut
02-11-2008, 07:48 AM
Here is a pic of mine from a 4" pot last spring. Was in the ground for about 4 months when this picture was taken.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/Elephant%20Ears%202007/100_2256_00.jpg

This winter, I have left two in the ground covered with plastic and another 6" layer of mulch. I dug one to store dry. A friend of mine has taken several of the "runners" that we cut off the corm when I dug it and has propagated MANY from these runners. I should have plenty to put out this spring if the ones from last year don't make it.
BTW, here is a link to all my ee's from last year....
randy4ut/Elephant Ears 2007 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/Elephant%20Ears%202007/)

dablo93
02-11-2008, 11:15 AM
thanks for that link! I enjoyed all the pics (also the palms, bananas etc.:D)