KevinB

Elephant ears plant (Alocasia species), Sep 16th, 2018

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Crawling over the edge of the bridge by the manatee pool and the pool near the big waterfall.
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@EmperorTamarin Thank you. I was given the identification of Alocasia in a Facebook group dedicated to ID's of animals and plants, I guess they aren't always right.
 
Well, it's fairly easy to mistake this with an Alocasia. However the trawling stem with aerial roots is typical of Philodendron species - Alocasia have erect stems without aerial roots, or they lack a stem.
 
@Kakapo Thank you very much for you educational information!

I'm not familiar with tropical plants (only native plants and common garden plants from the low countries I'm just a bit familiar with) so I always rely on others when I want something identified.

I guess I trusted the identification given too much and didn't do any further research.

Also, too bad I cannot change the title anymore.
 

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Sun, 16 September 2018 9:36 AM
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