Colocasia Tea Cup

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Colocasia tea cup. 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. Colocasia esculenta tea cup size variance. Colocasia tea cup this is one of those unique finds for your garden. Colocasia esculenta tea cup height.

Colocasia tea cup is one of a kind for sure. Colocasia tea cups coffee cups holding a little water on 8 7 09 27 23. Full sun partial shade. 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.

5 6 feet. Elephant ears tea cup colocasia view cart. 36 60 inches. Taro or elephant s ear.

Mid summer late summer. The foliage on the colocasia esculenta tea cup plant will reach 4 6 ft high and 3 ft wide. Tea cup taro plant description tea cup taro or teacup taro is a statuesque and stately plant in the landscape or in containers on your deck or patio. It is similar and may well be colocasia coffee cups but the industry changed the name.

As far as i know colocasia tea cup is not a registered cultivar. Just take a look at the leaf structure on this one. They will fill up with water and then slightly tip over and pour it out. Tea cup taro puts on a show rain or shine purple veining is spectacular when sun is shining through the leaves and cup shaped leaves fill up and pour out water.

The leaves hold themselves very upright in an inverted cup like pose. Colocasia esculenta tea cup growth habit. Large shiny green leaves with an upright habit forming a tea cup like form which holds water. Its leaves and stems are so strong and thick that rainwater pools in the cup.

Tea cup can put on a spectacular show. Evergreen clumping perennial herb forms an attractive upright mound of tropical looking foliage.