I have five different Elephant Ears.
I lost my favorite this winter, but found a replacement at the Tropical Nursery in North Myrtle Beach. https://floweralley.org/2018/07/02/an-oasis-at-the-beach/
I got my first big green one decades ago ‘Caladium Esculentum.’ (name on tag?)
I love how these hold water and tip over when they get full.
Then I added some black ears. These get bigger with more water.
Next came my favorite Colocasia, ‘Mojito.’
Then the Coffee Cups.
I loved these until the caterpillars rained down poop into the cups. https://floweralley.org/2017/08/19/coffee-cups-caterpillar-crapper/
Now I have a new one, ‘Frydek’/ Alocasia micholitzana.
This one looks nothing like the label, so I do not trust this name. The leaf shape is the same, but the coloration is different. This may be due to a difference in the amount of sunlight.
Five different ears with similar shape and different coloration.
I hope you appreciate my cutting my ears off for you.
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floweralley 
These are cool 😉 please don’t cut your ears off 🙂 I will look into those, interesting plants! I raise Canna Lilies and have to lay them down in the beds every winter for protection from the so so winters here in N E Tennessee. I did not cover them last yr and lost 20% was time to thin the crop anyway. √ them out at https://washekoda.com/category/yard/canna-lilies/ Have a nice day 🙂
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I have never seen Cannas that large. Amazing. I have learned to cover my bananas and ears with loose leaves or straw. Pine needles tend to settle down and hold moisture.
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Pine needles tend to raise the Ph of the soil pretty high 😉
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PS: pine needles are slightly acidic when fresh but loose this as they get old so they will certainly not “raise the pH” – if anything they’d make pH drop but this is not the case for above reason. 😉
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Your ears are very cool.
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I love Colocasia too but I think they’re quite thirsty. Still I ought to give them a try sometime. Do you leave them in the border all year?
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I take inside a few of each type in case of a severe winter. The only type that I have lost is Mojito. The rest have survived numerous winters out here in NC/Zone 7.
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