Colocasia Tea Cup Care

They are really neat plants with their cup shaped leaves that hold water during a rain.

Colocasia tea cup care.

0 more photos view gallery. When they get so much water in them the leaf tips to dump it. In 2012 i also bought a colocasia bikini tini from wellspring. They will fill up with water and then slightly tip over and pour it out.

One vendor has this plant for sale. Its leaves and stems are so strong and thick that rainwater pools in the cup. It s easy and fast growing plant useful in the shade garden and borders. This elephant ear loves the water you can even grow it in a pot submerged in a pond.

The leaves are upright and gather up to 1 cup of water. How to care for colocasia. Colocasia spp commonly called taro or elephant ears never fails to attract attention. This is one of those unique finds for your garden.

Colocasia tea cup coffee cups. Strong and sturdy stems growing as tall as 5 6 hold the beautifully cup shaped leaves upright and when it rains the cups fill with water until the stem gently bends to pour the water out then springs back to collect more rain a truly spectacular show. Plant tea cup elephant ear in your garden or in a container on your patio. It also makes an exquisite display in a patio pot.

The leaves then return to an upright position where they can begin collecting water again. Colocasia tea cup is one of a kind for sure. Elephant ears tea cup boasts gorgeous cup shaped glossy olive green leaves that show off a dramatic purple veined underside especially colorful in the sun. The leaves hold themselves very upright in an inverted cup like pose.

Just take a look at the leaf structure on this one. At their largest size the upturned leaves of the tea cup can collect up to an entire cup of water. Deer tend not to bother this variety. Tea cup can put on a spectacular show.

When the stems can no longer hold the weight the stems droop and spill the water out. Tea cup elephant ear is a unique variety of colocasia. I bought my first colocasia tea cup from wellspring gardens in the spring 0f 2009 and my second from them in the spring of 2012. Colocasia elephant ear taro tea cup colocasia esculenta.

Houseplant care of colocasia. The purple veins in the large and showy leaves really stand out in the sun. A fertilization regime every two weeks with a 50 percent diluted 20 10 10 food is an integral part of houseplant care of colocasia. Soil choice for growing colocasia inside is a well draining peat rich medium.

Tea cup elephant ear grows 4 6 tall with a spread of 2 3. In home landscapes taro is grown for its 3 foot heart or arrow shaped leaves. Elephant ears tea cup colocasia view cart.