i was too stoked to be bothered with pics, i might pop em out later and snap a shot, any pic of the mother bulb would be unimpressive, ive still left too much green petiole on it for protection, this sittin in the bucket of waters freakin me out too much tho. i think im gunna plant in some really coarse mix and water it when dry, theres just something about a plant thats not growing much sittin in water that just feels bad to me. I was told the secret to thai giant is morning sun, i was really afraid the spot i picked was too shady, even trimmed it up periodicly to get a few extra mins of sun. It was enough tho, that leaf is just so thin and it must take a tremendous amount of water and osmotic pressure to keep those big leaves upright and turgid. I just cant see much midday sun doing them any favors. ive also been told that over fertilization is a problem with these guys, I wasnt aware that was ever a problem with EEs. Im sure the dry air was a problem for you lomodor, but im sure that the heat was, here, this year we had a spell of the craziest hot weather ive seen! 103-107 with humidity under 20% for 3 days, then about another week over 100 with humidity under 40%. Unheard of here, all the EEs suffered except the ones that were in the same microclimate as the giant was. It was about 10 feet from the creek and in the shade. They all excelled in the heat and down in the valley of the creek it was humid, more so anyway. Alot of my EEs that got midday sun burned up, even with water. same spell cuased the mite outbreak too, they stayed off the giant. Im wondering what to do for better wind protection, the spot i picked was great all year, until the weather shifted from the north and the wind just cut its leaves to bits. any input on that would be great, i should have LOTS of castor bean seeds next year, i may be able to make some better wind screens, im going to try, but im not sure they can keep up with these monsters once the get crankin. Ill also be trying some hydroponic EEs next year too as long as i can get to it, Ill probably do a thai giant, the c. violet stem that i have in abundance, as well as a few alocasia, odora and portora most likely... should be fun Thanks for postin

try cross breedin them with the giant head strains yourself . Native seeds seach has a white seeded sunflower , Italian white is small but has almost white petals , sonja is orange petalled , chianti is wine ( dark red ) there are red petaled and purple petaled strains a combination brown and yelllow strain there is the tedddy bear stain with the dandylion like bloom and combination strains like "music box" and "jokers" strains .there is also the giant seed strains like "titan " I have seen seeds over 2 inches long and others very wide in the health food store ( they must have been roasted because they would not grow) . Check the hybrids forum . There are also sunflowers grow for there height 25 feet or so . see what you can do.

I think you have grown a different type of Colocasia X. To my knowledge the Giants do not sucker and the flower stalk is not connected to the new leaves,the new leaf comes out of the last leaf and the flower stalk is seperate on this one. I will post some pics when I get a chance. It looks like the leaf size will stay the same for now,I need to find out if this will produce seed,if it will I will leave the stalk,if not I will remove after I see what it looks like-the last leaf was +4'! I think they flower when they flower,(-;probably day length as you mentioned,although not much change in that so far,so....... It has been fertilized regularly so,not sure if nitrogen would halt the flowering. ">

As you mentioned-dug it up and potted it. One thing I did with the Borneo giant and Thai giant(and Bananas for that matter)is water them almost all winter with Superthrive. They were both grown inside in front of a west window- they basically slowly decline all winter. One thing I will tell you about Thai giant is that they do not like to be to wet in soil in cool temps- I have heard of people overwintering them in a bucket of water but never tried it. I don't believe these are a bog plant like regular EE's so be very careful about overwatering in a pot-esp- when temps cool down. Borneo giant is next to it-basically the Borneo giant rotted away all winter. I thought it was dead,probably saved it because I stopped watering it. Found it still alive in my room in late spring :-0 Heres the TG over winter.