My Alocasia collection - a Love-Hate Relationship 

Beautiful display of your alocasia’s, quit impressive.” I think one thing to keep in mind for all plant parents is, first year they sleep, second year they creep, and then the third year they leap. If you’re struggling with a plant just keep that in mind.

If Jan wasn't so lovely, there’d be a risk of me becoming aggressively envious of his plant talent and his super lush collection. Instead, I just sit back with a cup of tea and feast my eyes over these impressively healthy plants and allow my ears to enjoy the soothing tones of his super cute accent.

Sooo many ppl say that! “I don’t like Alocasias bc they’re tricky/die” but that’s exactly why I love them! They push me to figure it out like solving a hard puzzle or math equation it’s hard but once you finally get it it’s a huge dopamine hit just watching the new leave roll in after the struggle is ohh soo satisfying. Lol

If you’re not heavily connected to your alocasia’s please feel free to send them my way 😂 They’re my all time favourite! I absolutely adore them. Great video, thank you for sharing ❤️

Thank you for your honesty. It is nice to hear that even plant experts have struggles with these plants . I am glad to know I’m not alone 🤷🏽‍♀️

Your alocasia collection is stunning I like the idea of putting them all together in separate pots and the cuprea is gorgeous 😍

Love watching your videos. Always informative and plants are eye candy.

I love your videos! You go straight to the information and go goes on and on about whatever else like everyone else. Thanks for the helpful info 😊

Hi! Your alocasias are the best I have ever seen! They look like an expert grew them to me! If you struggle with them, can you imagine what ours look like??? Not even close! Thanks for this alocasia closer look :) love them!

You're the first person to show an alocacia Jackie that I've seen. I definitely don't think I can keep alocacia alive BUT if I do ever try I had wanted to try alocacia Jackie. I think it's so stunning. Please make an update on a few months to show how it's doing.

Thank you for sharing all those amazing plants they are absolutely amazing

Amazing content and such a beautiful collection! Videos on the different genius of plants you have is wonderful! I very much look forward to seeing more such content and whatever else you decide to delight us with 😊 Thanks so much and happy planting 🌺

Love how you have them grouped in the bowl

Thanks for the video! I've been waiting this video since I saw those georgeous A. cuprea in your display!

My jaw is dropping for every plant your bring out! 🤣🤩 These put my baby alocasias to SHAME! Beautiful plants.

Wowww all your plants are amazing 😮

I love alocasia and was entirely happy with my meagre collection until I saw yours. Now I have deep deep plant envy 😃 Fabulous plants!

I love the way you've grouped them together ❤️. Your collection is gorgeous and all look healthy atm

wow I've never seen alocasia's that big!! great job

Awesome collection, I love the dragon scales. Have several of those

Love the look of those separate pots in the white container ! Beautiful ! But that cuprea ?! Wow 😍

Despite your love/hate for them so glad you did this video. Your alocasia’s are gorgeous 😍 They are one of my favorite even though I also struggle with some of them as well. Thank you once more. That cuprea 🤩🤩🤩🤩

Great plants! This has inspired me to give mine more attention now 😂

I love Alocasias. They are not easy, but that's what I see as a challenge. I am currently having good experiences with bottom watering. I always clean the leaves with a cloth and some washing-up liquid. And I always have the spider mites susceptible alocasias in sight (frydek, stingray, micky mouse) so I can react quickly. Winter dormancy can be managed well with grow lights. And I love the rhizome propagation. I do it in mini grow boxes on a heating mat. At the moment I'm even growing seeds from the Netherlands of an Alocasia porteii, which is not available here in Germany. Which plant offers so many possibilities? That's what I love about them!

Your alocasias are beautiful! I’m sorry to hear some are trouble That’s been my experience and now I don’t feel so bad! 😂💚 Thank you sharing your experience with me

Beautiful collection! 😍🤩

I love how honest you are. 😀

Alocasia are divas in our environments! I adore them-so beautiful! You can have success with plants that even the best plant friends can't grow-they need what they need, but it's not difficult. It is where they come from-they come from areas that get frequent-maybe daily, soft showers, filtered soft light through a canopy, and very well drainig soil. True lush vibe. I use a spray bottle and worked out to spray 3-4 sprays of water each day. Pumice is essential, too. Bug Brew every other day, to every few days. Grow lights-I chased good light for them until I started to supplement with grow lights. I love Alocasia so much. Pink Dragon, Sting Ray, Regal Sheild, Bambino, Black Velvet and so many Low Riders.

Love how you put all of those plants in one large planter

great video. among the ones you have, your favorite Alocasia is my favorite too😍I have just one Alocasia Amazonica.It was struggling when I bought it and had two leaves.went dormant after repotting.but it came back after a short while and can't stop growing since then.every time I see it a new leaf is emerging. it's one of my favorites among +70 plants that I own because it's so fast growing, pretty and easy going.I have never experienced pests with it but if I see spider mites I treat it with Confidor.

Your Alocasia Cuprea is stunning!! Keep up the good work buddy :)

Beautiful 🤩 Thanks for sharing ❤️

Очень красивые и здоровые растения! Котик очаровательный. Приятно любоваться вашими растениями.

Your Cuprea is amazing!!!! So beautiful 💚

Hi Jan, with the little Alocasia plants. Dragon scale etc. Give a littel heat panel under the display. They like a littel bit warmer under the roots. Just try one time

They all look so nice!

As a one-trick Alocasia owner (well, I do have 4 caladiums), I keep alocasias because I enjoy wiping out an entire civilization of spider mites. That's the whole point of having these plants 🤣 Also, I think the reason why you think they arent thriving is because most of the species you own are dwarf alocasias (jewel). That's almost as big as they can get!

Omg that bowl of alocasias! So gorge!

completely agree about the dragons / jewels being easy with no or less mites, Great alocasias! And yes! on the regal shields being about the easiest alocasia I've ever grown too. Started with one from Lowe's 2 years ago and from it, I have so many I give them away now.

Would you say the spider mites appear frequently or only...alocasionally?

I have a few alocasias that do ok w me. Love your collection!!

For the spider mites you can use spinosad, it's organic and perfectly okay to use on house plants. Fertilome make it here in the US but I'm sure you could probably order it online. I work at a nursery in Louisiana and deal with this all the time with our customers. Hope you find something to help with that. You have some beautiful plants!

It’s pretty normal for the Alocasias to die back during the winter, unless you provide their ideal conditions 24/7. Lol but, I’ve noticed when they die back- they come back twice as large and strong! Such a stunning collection as always! The cuprea 😍

I love the look of alocasia, I really wanted a dragon scale! Yours are stunning! However, I received 2 maranta as gifts and have been struggling with them so I've decided not to even try with alocasia. I'll just have to admire them from afar.

Your Alocasia Red Cuprea is simly incredible - the most beautiful Red Cuprea I have seen

The Cuprea is just amazing! :)

How them off! I love it 😍😍😍😍

My favorite genus 🥹 your collection is gorgeous

Loved the Aloacia Cuprea!

cool to see them in an aroid potting mix. I use mineral potting mix. 3 parts vulcatec premium and 1 part seramis. and they are in self watering pots. work like a charm. I‘m following instructions from „detlef römisch“ YT channel. your cuprea is amazing tho… I‘m currently growing a baby jacklyn. can‘t wait till it matures.

Thank you for showing us the back of your Alocasia Cuprea! I wasn't aware of the method you used to make your plants look more full and orderly all while maximizing your limited space. I'm glad you mentioned the spider mite issues Alocasias have as I also dislike the additional upkeep they create. I willalso take into consideration your spider mite experience with the different varieties when looking to add one to my own collection (: It seemed like you may have been unhappy with the growth rate of most of your Alocasias, while I don't know when you got them or how long you have had them please know that many of us plant enthusiasts aspire to have indoor plants sized similarly as yours (: As someone living in Denver, a desert climate, I think the only way to get an alocasia that large is to keep it inside of a greenhouse cabinet or control the humidity of a room since our average humidity of 30%. Tiny starter plants are what I see most US sellers supplying for a reasonable amount, is that the size you started with?

Hi Jan, do you remember where you got that nice large and round planter to put all of your alocasia in? I love the idea of a mixed display but can't find the right shaped pot in Canberra.

Haha..really funny..you definitely do have a love/hate thing going on with Alocasias.. I'm in Tassie and didnt think I would be able to keep them from going dormant over our cold winter, but they havent actually even stopped growing! Also I haven't had to deal with spider mites yet..maybe the cold keeps them at bay. Anyway, your collection is gorgeous, you must be doing something right! 😍

Beautiful pls what kind of pots u have them in? I’m just starting out growing these and only pray mines can get like yours.

It's really fun how confused you are in this video, I love it lol

Wow... I love it.... I'm also alocasia lover❤️❤️

Beautiful collection, they are all so amazing! I'm a newbe in Alocasia cultivation, my two grow in aeroid mix too. Glad to see that cultivation in aeroid mix is possible, because most youtubers change them into mineral and self watering.

These are so beautiful. But, I am new to growing indoor plants. Not ready for Alocasia or Spider Mites 😀😀😀. But they are absolutely beautiful.

Good morning intresti g beutiful video ,why are your plants in transperent pots and when its the best time to repot them and how much water you give to alcossia rigo shields something Thanks good day and thank you

For a 'non expert' these look incredible! I'm on my third Dragon Scale now, I have no luck in the UK climate!

platinum dragon.. so amazing, wow!

I struggled with my Alocasia, too, especially on the watering frequency, either overwatering or underwatering, not to even mention on the spider mites attack. I got the ikea chilipulver to help on the watering need and somehow it does ok for now. Now the biggest nemesis is still spidermites.

Beautiful collection! You’re so lucky your kitty doesn’t chew on your plants, like mine does 🥹

고양이 이쁘네요 키우시는 모든 식물들이 너무 이뻐서 저도 배우고 싶네요^^

At least you are honest. But still the Alocasia like you ! Like to see you in Vienna 😍😃

I keep hearing about bunnings. A tour of one would be a nice video. Haha.

Neem oil for the spider mites, I’ve had great luck with it in the past and it hasn’t damaged my plants!

Wow. Being someone who claims that your alocasia tend to die and come back, your results are amazing!!!!! They are all amazing (sans the Black velvet---nice big leaf, but sad there is just the one) I just don't get how you have such huge leaves! By the way, if you ever decide you hate that Jacklyn I know of a really great home for it 😉 (or any of your alocasia for that matter) 😜 You do sound very indifferent about them, (to each his own ☺) they are my absolute favorite.😍🥰

BEAUTIFUL display ❗ We always watch your vedios....from India

Do you trim off the flowers / inflorescence? Any chances of them forming seeds like Anthuriums? Its so strange.. Mine - the black velvet seems to be the hardiest in comparison to dragons - but they all are sensitive plants for me. Yours are so amazing. I have this love-hate relationship with these due to spidermites. Lost the whole collection but the ones survived - are getting watered daily to deter the mites

Would have been one way to say goodbye to frydrek if brad had knocked it off the table lol 😂 love your channel. Thank you for sharing.

Loving your content

SerenityGardenAviary - Black Velvet is my all time favorite. I ordered mine from @planterina with a Ninja. They are putting out new leaves weekly, it seems. I try to keep the soil moist but not soggy, 12 hrs lighting bright indirect, humidity 55%, temperature 75°, with plenty of air flow/circulation. Growing conditions: Tropical 🇵🇷

i my self have a pond and let me tell ypu my calocasias/alocasias trive in that my pond has a side where its very shallow and it fits around 3-4 pots of 10-12in diameter potts and they are just incredible how big they can get in those conditions

Would like to see a follow up video on the Jackie. Also is that a variegated Banana plant on the left? I would like to see a video on that plant as well. Thanks for the info. Giving Alocasia a go again. Keeping my Cuprea in a controlled environment (aka my old acquarium) as well until it out grows my acquarium.

That’s your definition of “not thriving”? They look lush and healthy to me. Great collection! I like the pillowy and textured leaves of Alocasia like Melo and Silver Dragon! 🥰🤩 Weirdly enough, my Zebrina never got spider mites after I used beneficial bugs (Grub Grenade in Canada) but I never actually saw them. Not sure how it warded off the mites. I have since rehomed it since it kept getting yellow spotted and deformed leaves.

Alocasias are such a weird and wonderful genus...the giant bug leaves! Mine are only babies but surviving winter here in SW Vic pretty well; my house has been as cold as 5 - 6 degrees overnights and none are dormant which surprises me! Have to get a cuprea now lol...

you had me at pumice! I feel like that may be the secret to Alocasias. I've been watching other plants vids on them and you re the only one who mentions they use pumice in their substrate

Best way to get rid of spider mites I've found is using the eco neem oil from Bunnings and putting 30ml of it in a hair spray bottle with water. It's basically triple the recommended amount but it absolutely works hahaha

Beautiful alocasia collection!😍♥️ I have a few myself. I'm frustrated only with my Cuprea, the leaves are pointing downwards and I don't know why.🤔

Jan, try Yates Pyrethrum for pest control! I mix it with neem oil and a drop of dishwashing liquid, and use a weak solution to spray my plants just every now and again. Of my 3 varieties, (green & black velvets and a pink dragon) only Puff (the magic dragon - yes my plants all have names) got mealy bug just once. I've fallen for Alocasia, for sure. Those leaves 😍🪴😍

I’ve had a dragon scale once before with no luck. I decided to purchase another one and it was doing great until I decided to repot it a few weeks after I got it. I should’ve checked sooner but I didn’t it had the pod mesh around its roots. I was so careful trying to remove it all, I even used tweezers but most of the roots fell off.

Just started my Leca journey, but I’m afraid to put my alocecia in. What fertilizer do you use?

Awesome !!

Hi boi, I have been told the Chrysop larvae are good to clean the spider mites, good luck XD

The Alocasia is totally on my no buy list. I have tried them a few times and like you in a way. I am just over having to work so hard to keep a plant happy and thriving in my enviromant. Giggles on sending it to the Balcony.

I know you're not a "no drainage" person...but when I put my alocasia in a glass vessel it was a GAME CHANGER. It's been throwing out big beautiful leaves regularly and the only thing I changed was the vessel. Yours are beautiful!

In the UK got one alocasia Venti, and is growing like a crazy got one new leaf a month (now is January and new leaf coming up, guite big, way more than foot long) plus 2 new small alocasia plants growing out of it. It is like bit too much:)

Thank you for this vidéo 💚🇫🇷🙏

Hello, beautiful collection. Have you tried a systemic pesticide for the mites?

Spider mite magnets aren't plants I want. But I think you should mix black velvet with the cupra, wonder if you can make big black shiny leaves.. 🤔😁

Where did you get the giant bowl and what is it advertised as? I can’t find anything like it but really would love to do something similar

I only have 3 alocasias all in semi-hydro and they grow like crazy. They are completely fertilizer-hungry

That platinum is the best

how often do you fertilize your plants?

What pot sizes are you using for your Alocasias?

I've found the Bayer spray works well for spider mites.

I chop mine dry the bulb put it in dark cool place and grow them again in spring, for me they are seasonal. I hate spider mites.

A couple of years ago everyone would try to collect a Dragon scale, silver Dragon and Cuprea to claim “Mother-of-Dragon” status (reference to the three dragons in Game of Thrones). This was before TC saw Cuprea come out in big box stores. I always thought Cuprea looks more like something from Alien. My fav is bBlack velvet, but I am the same as you: love hate relationship. Well done… again.

You mentioned pumice, curious what else You add in your mix. Generally you’d think something that looks that pumice or perlite heavy would dry out very quick