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About 42"(107cm)as of yesterday and still growing 8)
5 gallon bucket for scale.
Big leaved Castor bean leaves behind it are up to about 2'
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This is my other This giant I bought this year....
I have my doubts that it is the real deal though.
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Posted : 04/07/2011 6:58 pm
Jim, that leaf is huge! What's the max size they can attain?
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Posted : 04/07/2011 7:30 pm
Wham! Huge.
I'm still waiting for my local place to put them on sale... 10 bucks seems a little steep!
Posted : 05/07/2011 10:42 am
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Paul
They are usually not cheap anywhere you look.
They do need some heat to grow fast...at least warm nights help.
Cameron
The biggest leaves I have seen are probably around 7'
a leaf that big needs some help as one in the open would get
seriously beat up.
Heres a nice one for ya- 😉
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Posted : 05/07/2011 12:18 pm
Jim
That thing will get huge by the end of the summer, you wait. I was worried that mine wouldnt get any real size this summer, if I let them go dormant. So I kept em alive all winter , and am just now seeing noticeable growth and speed on my C esculenta. (note: Alocasia Odora didnt grow too much over winter, but handled the conditions way better then the colocasia)
Your temps have been in the 80s for a bit now, hopefully they stay there. ITs been 26- 29C here for a week straight...
I hope yours gets the size of the one you posted eventualy. Think, you can make yourself look like a midget with a few props and that plant...
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Posted : 05/07/2011 12:45 pm
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Yea,one prop-the Thai giant.
It already dwarfs that 5g bucket,looks more
like a 1 gallon bucket next to that leaf.
We have had several nights of around 80(f),that
really speeds things up!
88/65 is avg here this time of year
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Posted : 05/07/2011 6:51 pm
