The one with dark, shiny leaves is Alocasia Cuprea, and the one with pretty stems is Alocasia Zebrina. I do hope they like their new home - had a bit of mixed luck with Alocasias in the past…

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Those are astounding! Watering with rain or the like? Can’t imagine tap water is getting such results.

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Straight from a store, and they were watering them with tap water, that’s what I do too. Fortunately I live in Tokyo, so tap water is pretty high quality here :)

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Be sure to water them from the bottom only and of course good light and they will continue to bring happy returns :)

I also use mostly tap water and some aquarium water and the plants drink it up just fine for me as well :)

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A really beautiful Cuprea!

Some time ago I bought a very small Cuprea myself and almost lost it. I found it difficult to keep the soil continuously not too moist, but not too dry either. When there was no leaf left, I repotted it in a Lechuza planter (a combination of baked clay granules, water reservoir and self-watering wick) and it recovered. I guess that keeps the right balance and avoids root rot.

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I’ll need to check if something similar is available where I live - thanks a lot for the info!

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I am not and I wasn’t, but keep’em coming

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I’m jelly! Those look beautiful!

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They’re so pretty! The Cuprea is a stunner 😍

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