Yes, there is, and I own it. But I have to tell you that it may not be worth your while. The white portions of the leaves tend to burn easily, even in adequate shade. I can't trade it to you, because I don't trade plants to CA (or TX, LA, AZ, or HI) from FL due to Agricultural laws. But it does exist, and you may be able to locate one somewhere.

Hello Reptilegrrl! I will try my best to answer your questions and help you with your Xanthosoma plants. "I have read that these are heavy feeders. About how often do you feed them? And what? Should I just feed them what I give my veggie garden and houseplants? I've been giving them some fish emulsion as I plant them." As a fertilizing you can use regular 20-20-20 (diluted in water) and give them this fertilizing every 2 weeks during growing season. This should be good to them. I use this fertilizing with the plants that i cultivate in my plantations and beleive me they are monsters. Obviously they are cultivated in the ground. In the other hand, i also use Osmocote 14-14-14 (pellet of slow release) in the plants that i have in my house (potted). And they grow like crazy. The reason why i use 2 different methods with my plant depending on where they are cultivated it is only a matter of space and time. I use 20-20-20 diluted in water with the plantations because it is cheaper and faster to disperse in large scale. Then i use the slow realese with the plants in my private collection, just because that way i can save time. You can try any of these, or any other fertilizing that is well balanced. I have never used fish emulsion, but i have heard from a lot of people that use it with great results and success. "Also, have you ever transplanted a large corm? I want to take the big plants with me when we move. They have corms more than a foot long and thicker than my arm. I am not sure how deep their root structure is and I don't want to damage them in moving." Yes! I have taken out of the ground corms of more than 18 inches long and 8 inches in diameter without any problem. I have removed all the roots, cut away the leaves (more than 8 feet tall)and then planted them in other places without problems. You can do the same, obviously the plant will die or will be severly damaged, but the corm will produce a new main plant and several new plantlets. The corm will produce new plants as soon as it is planted in the new place. And even if you just throw the corm over the ground it will produce new plants that will become mature plants realy soon. Xanthosoma plants are a very prolific and strong, as long as good conditions are granted, like warmth and high humidity. "The largest plant is infested with whiteflies. I've treated it a few times with insecticidal soap, but as soon as the whiteflies are gone, thrips move in! Should I be more aggressive with the soap?" I cannot give you any advice on this theme becuase i have never had this problem. Maybe you should use a stronger insecticide. If you have more questions, feel free to make them, i will galdly help you. By the way, here are a couple of pictures of some X. violaceum in the wild on my lands: Have a great evening, Jorge Joel... Emilia's Garden

Terry, I have a large stand of these, maybe 10-12 plants all told the largest after coming out of winter dormancy now about 3 ft tall. I had them all in containers at the beginning of the season, in full sun, and as they emerged and started growing, I noticed that the white parts of the leaves burned. When I planted them out, I chose a location in a very shaded are that only gets filtered light, but gets a ton of sprinkler water. They have grown very fast and the leaves are getting very large, but even in this light, which is probably at best 50% sun and all of it filtered no direct, any LARGE white areas tend to burn. I am wondering if perhaps this plant needs more full shade. The stems are beautiful, extremely variegated with white stripes, and the leaves that are only edged with white have a lovely shape, but the highly variegated ones that should make it a star sadly never look right.

Keiko2, I am growing one in my natural bog (read standing water after Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne) and it is in full sun and never gets any fertilizer and it has the variegation on perhaps 75% of the leaves. The other is in full sun in a container in a container pond and never gets fertilized either and has NO variegation The third is in half day sun and DOES get fertilized and also has no variegation. I will quit fertilizing that one and see what happens! Thanks! etropicals, I only got my variegated X's about a month ago, 3 small plants, but one has already produced an additional 3 offsets and more than doubled in size and had to be stepped up from a 1 gal to a 3 gal container. I think I will keep them containerized over the winter and perhaps plant one out next spring. This plant seems pretty rare, do you know where it originaled from? Is it a natural variegation or did someone hybridize it?