[aroid-l] My trick to overwinter alocasia and colocasia

From: "Philippe" <valphy at club.lemonde.fr> on 2004.08.16 at 13:16:41(11992) Also, if you keep them inside during the winter you absolutely need to recreate a warm, humid atmosphere. Fill up the biggest plastic dish you can buy with hot water. Put one or more aquarium heaters in it, place the pot with the plant at the center on some kind of scaffolding so the pot is not in water. I use smaller dishes on top of one another to raise above the water. The hot water will be kept hot-warm by the heater, and will constantly evaporates and bath the leaves of the plant. Mine used to die in the winter from dryness, now since I do this they not only survive the winter, they even grow leaves in the winter. Be sure that evaporating water does NOT get in the pot by any way, even evaporation through the holes at the bottom of the pot or water can really accumulate at the bottom of the pot and roots will rot. Don't let the heater run dry or it'll die. Philippe.

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