The official name is Alocasia macrorrhizos, and another name is Giant Taro.
As you can see, it spreads easily too - it is known as a hardy plant that can also survive in less favourable environments, and works as a house plant too.
It spreads by stolons that form corms - here you can see the roots, or stolons I'm not sure, coming out of the stem.
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Oh I wish I could keep mine outside all year like that!
My Elephants Ears are overwintering in the basement under a sodium grow light along with the rest of my tender plants. I tried the EE's in a sunny window, but they dripped sap all over the hardwood floors, so they are banished to the basement for the duration of winter!
Yes that is a nice thing about the climate here - on the other hand, weeds never stop growing either! :)
One of the easiest things to grow, really. But it does look attractive.
Because it gets so big, we find it useful to act as a screen on the fence, which is just near a main road.
I like the way it looks backlit like that. And the leaf makes such a nice contrast againt the feathery leaves of the palm. Unintentional maybe, but very effective!
Unintentional in effect, but serendipitous :)
hi... a very nice touch on compost..
Thanks for dropping by :)
You know I've always thought these are yam plants and that they bear yams that can be eaten. I must be mistaking them for the real yam plants. hmm..
I'm pretty sure there's nothing edible there!
Elephant ear makes a fantastic sheet mulch. You can cut back completely and it begins to grow back almost instantly. I have always been under the impression that the tuber are inedible. But it seems like there must be a way to prepare them for consumption.
Apparently it is possible to eat the tuber, but it takes a lot of preparation and is not commonly done at all - check these out:
Tung Kin Foong’s Blog
International Aroid Society
'Taro' is eaten, but it's a very different variety or something
Tubers(the edible part) in the Caribbean are called malanga .Softened and with milk and butter they are eaten to soothe the stomach. Not sure if your varuety is the one sold in stores as edible. It's like a pastier potato.
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