Thanks for posting this question, dsacco85. I hope you don't mind me adding to this thread but since it's the same subject I thought it would be better to keep these questions together for others who might be looking for the same answers later. I also bought one of the giant elephant ear bulbs from Home Depot, it's very different from Colocasia. Mine grew from a grapefruit sized bulb to 2 grapefruit sized bulbs stacked one atop the other when I dug it last fall. The bottom bulb has shriveled badly over the winter but there are several smaller bulbs embedded into it. I'm very glad to read I can remove the lower section and plant the upper section seperate, should I dig out the smaller bulbs from the mother bulb or should I plant the whole thing and plan to seperate the bulbs this fall? Some could be easily detatched, but others are firmly embedded. BTW, one of side bulbs broke off as I was loosening soil on Monday, by Wednesday it appears to have calloused over nicely. I was thinking of dusting them with old rooting hormone but cinnamon seems like a much better idea. Also, I would agree with Evan that perhaps you should leave more top when you cut back next fall. I left about a foot of stem on mine and it dried quite well over the winter. On the other hand, my mother bulb did shrivel over the winter, I wonder if that would have a difference? Fun thread. Jeanne Here is a link that might be useful: Old FB profile pic with giant EE

Ohhh so glad you told me that name again Jan! lol I have it in my kitchen and keep forgetting to write down Velvet Elephant Kalanchoe. THANKS!

They're heavy feeders, so FE fertilizers might not be the best choice - partly because they don't list anything but NPK in their analysis. That doesn't seem right, but I was looking at the WSDA fertilizer analysis page. Also, plants found growing in situ under boggy conditions usually do poorly in wet soils. Peace lily is often found in riparian settings but does poorly in boggy soils (in pots) unless their roots are growing into a watery reservoir and kept constantly wet. Otherwise, they like the same 'damp but never wet/soggy' conditions that most houseplants other than cacti prefer - like colocasia. Al

Hi, I have a friend who's been trying to id this plant. She says the leaves are velvety and very thin and does not think it's an elephant ear. The plant has Hydrophobic leaves, pointed upward, very very very soft and fragile down to the stall and roots. I don't know the size of this leaf and am waiting to have her reply to that question. It is her mothers plant, and so we don't know it's origin. Any ideas? There are a few here so good at id'ing I just had to come here with the question. Thanks all.