Alocasia growing medium

From: "Jay Vannini" interbnk at terra.com.gt> on 2000.09.29 at 22:14:16(5479) Greetings, all! I grow my Alocasias in a mix that is composed of equal proportions of sterilized leaf mould, oak charcoal chips, half-inch pumice and medium orchid bark. Not as well drained as my basic Anthurium mix, but still pretty open. +More I have found that the combination of cool temperatures and wet medium are definitely a no-no with this genus - since I've reduced watering to once a week I have found that they do much better - including all of the pretty "dwarf forms" that Dewey has up in Florida. In an unheated conservatory they are all slow for me, but definitely have improved in stature since when I imported them. It does appear that the A. longiloba types seem much more forgiving of "wet feet" than A. reginula, A. nebula, etc. although they still don't prosper under these conditions for me. Good luck - Jay

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