Northeast Gardening: Alocasia Lauterbachiana, 1 by WNYwillieB

WNYwillieB wrote:
I have two A. lauterbachiana, which I ordered last spring. They are just starting to wake up.

The GH gets cooler than they would prefer during the winter, I guess, so they all pretty much shut down. I will put them on the second floor of the greenhouse next winter, where it is kept much warmer.

I am not sure what I would plant under them. They do get pretty tall, but mine are too small just yet.

I kind of like the look of the ghost plant as an underplanting, as I have that established underneath my milk tree euphorbia which now stands about 6 foot tall. See Photo; Plant with underplanting on left.

I also might consider something like Lobelia .... I like how that deep blue one looks, Crystal palace, etc.

Were you looking for annual color? or something more permanent, like a succulent type thing??

This would be an excellent question for LariAnn over on the aroids forum. I have not really seen much info on companion planting with Alocasias, etc. They are pretty hungry plants.