Colocasia, Elephant Ear, Taro 'Big Dipper'

Nice coloring, dark green top, purple stalk and underside. Bigger bulbs were 4-5 feet tall in second year.

As mentioned ...Read Morebefore, this plant is pretty prolific via runners. In two years, i went from one bulb to several dozen.

Big dipper is one of a couple of elephant ears with upturned leaves that can catch water. So does Coffee cups.

At first, I had it in the ground, but with the "droughts" that we get in zone 9a, I could not keep it wet enough. It has grown from a lit...Read Moretle pup to a big plant in six months. Beautiful when it rains and you watch the leaves catch and spill the rain water.

I named this several years ago as Big dipper. It was being grown in hawaii and a few other places with no name. A mutation off of violet ...Read Morestem colocasia.