Hello again! This evening, after dealing with the little hen, I started pulling some grass and weeds from around and in the shade beds. A couple of days ago dad and I went to Sedalia because I had to get a HUGE bag of potting soil. I wanted him to go because he doesn’t get out much and a change of scenery would do him good. He enjoyed the trip and liked seeing the corn, soybeans and cows along the way.
The above photo shows how big Alocasia ‘Calidora is getting once again. She has had several flowers again this summer as she usually does. I think I removed one of her babies earlier and gave it away, but there is still another one that needs to come out… But, that is just the beginning.
This pot of Alocasia ‘Mayan Mask’ also needs some attention. How many babies does she have in there? Then I noticed something weird…
She has adopted someone elses kids! Now, how in the world did Alocasia ‘Portora’s kids get in to ‘Mayan Mask’s’ pot? You can easily tell my four Alocasia from one another. A. ‘Calidora’ has green stems, I mean “petioles”, and huge green leaves. A. ‘Portora’ has maroon streaked petioles and green leaves. A. ‘Mayan Mask’ has green petioles and the undersides of the leaves are maroon. A. odora is smaller and she is, uh, a different story.
I also noticed the petioles of the ‘Mayan Mask’ babies are not completely green. There is a faint hint of maroon streaks that I hadn’t noticed before. Maybe they have always been that way, though, and I wasn’t paying attention.
As you can see, the ‘Mayan Mask’ leaves have maroon undersides. The top of the leaf shows white veining.
This is a photo of the big pot of Alocasia ‘Portora’ The leaf at the very top is from Alocasia ‘Mayan Mask’.
Ummm…. Looks like the pot of Alocasia ‘Portora’ needs a complete overhaul. I didn’t count yet.
EARLIER, I had already divided the pot of Alocasia odora… I know I took a photo a few days ago of those pots but I can’t find them… My camera or photo card is being weird lately, even more than before. I have gotten used to it giving me a few photos that are half missing so I have been taking two of everything. It also does this deal where the photos won’t open so maybe that is what happened to the last photo (s) of Alocasia odora.
I put the larger plants into five separate pots and gave one away. Then after that, several babies came up in the pot I removed them from. SO, I put three each in four other pots. BUT, all the other four pots now have MORE babies. Alocasia odora is definitely prolific!
This photo, four of the pots of Alocasia odora, was taken on July 19… They look nothing like that now. I had stuck a couple of cuttings of the Coleus ‘Spiced Curry’ in one of the pots…
SO, I dug out as many of the medium sized pots I could find because I have to go to work on the Alocasia… SO, the next post will be about that adventure.
For now, that is it for this post and I hope you enjoyed it. Take care, stay positive, he happy, healthy and prosperous. Go outside, take a deep, listen to the sounds of nature around you and embrace life to it’s fullest! One more thing… GET DIRTY!!!
The Belmont Rooster 
Now you have two mysteries to solve…chicken lips and rogue potted plants.
About your camera, after you move all the photos off the card onto the computer, consider reformatting the card. It might communicate better what images are on the card.
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Jim, the deal with the chicken’s lips will always be a memory, which I should have photographed. Reformatting there card? I have no idea how to do that but I will check it out. I also made a discovery a couple of years ago, it is almost worth writing a post about because i wonder if anyone else tried it. Hmmm…
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Okay, I can’t help myself…Either Mayan Mask was babysitting or Mayan Mask has been sneaking around when you weren’t looking.–That shameless hussy! Wow, you have a lot of elephant ears. They look great. Thanks for the post!
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Well, I didn’t want to accuse anyone of sneaking around. I will have to go back and check photos, but I don’t think ‘Mayan Mask’ has flowered. Elephant Ears? UM… I need to check the definition. 🙂
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Because I’m cheap… well, I prefer ‘thrifty’… I reuse all my potting soil. You wouldn’t think it but I find the elephant ears grow easily from little bits of root left in the soil, even after months of dry storage! I often get one of those big leaves sneaking into a pot of begonias or whatever else I planted using leftover soil. Works out great when I managed to kill the main plant and am looking for replacements!
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with reusing potting soil. I do it all the time. It is strange but true that even though it seems there is no evidence of “Elephant Ears” in the potting soil, somehow there usually are a few that were so small and unnoticeable. Maybe, like you said, they come up from old, dry roots. My view on synthetic fertilizers is somewhat weird, especially when I choose to use potting soil with a timed-release fertilizer. To me, if you amend your old potting soil with organic matter (small twigs, cow manure, decomposing bark, etc.) that is similar to a timed-release fertilizer. The plants, especially the Alocasia, seem to love it. Thanks for your comment.
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