Colocasia Tea Cup Care

This plant appreciates a bright and humid environment in the home or office.

Colocasia tea cup care. One vendor has this plant for sale. Also cut back on watering during this time and allow the soil to dry out slightly. Needs vary from shade to full sunlight depending on the variety. Elephant ears tea cup boasts gorgeous cup shaped glossy olive green leaves that show off a dramatic purple veined underside especially colorful in the sun.

0 more photos view gallery. Continue to care for it and the rapid growth will return the following growing season. Its velvet dark green leaves are shaped like an arrowhead with highly defined silvery green veins. 36 60 inches.

Leaf color tends to be better among plants that grow best with more light. Colocasia tea cup this is one of those unique finds for your garden. They will fill up with water and then slightly tip over and pour it out. You may discontinue the fertilization during the winter months to allow the colocasia to rest.

Strong and sturdy stems growing as tall as 5 6 hold the beautifully cup shaped leaves upright and when it rains the cups fill with water until the stem gently bends to pour the water out then springs back to collect more rain a truly spectacula. Elephant ears tea cup colocasia view cart. Colocasia tea cup is one of a kind for sure. Just take a look at the leaf structure on this one.

Care of colocasia esculenta tea cup. Colocasia elephant ear taro tea cup colocasia esculenta. Water often enough to keep the soil moist at all times. 5 6 feet.

Ask the grower if the plant is sun trained. Colocasia esculenta tea cup height. Stop for a few minutes if the water begins to run off. 36 60 inches.

Regular waterings plenty of light and added humidity such as. Water slowly allowing the water to sink into the soil and saturate the root zone. Foliage from june till first frost. Water every day during the establishment period after planting in the garden from a nursery container.

Full sun partial shade. The alocasia micholitziana frydek is native to subtropical asia and australia. Low care landscape pant selection. The leaves hold themselves very upright in an inverted cup like pose.

Elephant ear plants will need good water during the establishment period. Its leaves and stems are so strong and thick that rainwater pools in the cup. Houseplant care of colocasia a fertilization regime every two weeks with a 50 percent diluted 20 10 10 food is an integral part of houseplant care of colocasia.