As we continue to preview a few of our new plants for 2015, here is a plant we’ve lusted after for years, and are finally able to share. Bletilla striata ‘Ogon’ is a very rare, gold-leafed selection of the hardy orchid. It’s hard to really capture the color well with my photographic skills, but it’s really an amazing plant.
In the world of giant elephant ears, here’s one you don’t want to miss. Colocasia gigantea ‘Laosy Giant’ is an Alan Galloway selection from where else, Laos. In our trials, the leaves are about 1/3 larger than Colocasia ‘Thailand Giant’, although the overall clump size is nearly the same. Thanks to Alan for both posing for this photo and for allowing us to introduce this new giant elephant ear. Remember that the new plants will go up on the website in 2 days…the countdown begins! Learn how to grow elephant ears here.
I have a Thai Giant sitting in my livingroom window at the moment for the window, it did very well and I do love these giants, the only problem I see with them is that the leaves get damaged very easily, which is unfortunate. I tried the Nobel Gigantea, but it was deformed and never grew beyond 5″. But I’ll try again. .
Not sure what kind of leaf damage you are seeing, but you probably want to get them checked for spider mites, which can attack the plant if they are allowed to get too dry.