Elephant's Ear propagation

We have an Elephant's Ear in the corner of our garden under a palm tree. It appeared by accident, but I think it's no coincidence as the Elephant Ear likes compost (according to this useful guide to 'General Aroid Care'), and that's where we put a lot of the larger waste that we can't fit in the compost bins.


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.