The Alocasia Black Velvet is a tropical plant that thrives in warm, bright, and humid conditions. It requires a pot with loose, well-draining soil and should be placed 3-5 feet from a window. The plant is prone to root rot and should be kept moist but not overwatered. The top two inches of soil should dry before watering, as it is not drought-tolerant and is prone to overpotting.
The plant prefers bright indirect light, similar to tropical jungle floor conditions. A good spot for this plant would be north-facing windows. Water when almost dry but with well-draining soil, as they don’t like to be sitting in soggy soil. Alocasia prefers consistent and evenly moist soil, allowing the top 2-3 inches to dry between watering.
Alocasia Black Velvet Alocasia prefers warm temperatures, and should be kept in an area between 60 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. To ensure the plant’s health, it is essential to follow the care guide and provide light, rich soil, and attention. Fertilizer should be provided monthly during the growing season.
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I actually saw one of these in my local grocery store as part of a ‘bundle basket’ and have been hardcore STALKING it. The plant looked pretty damaged, and thankfully I was able to talk the nice lady behind the counter into separating it from the basket so I can try to save it. She might be kinda rough looking for now but I love her SO MUCH and the lady marked it down to seven heckin dollars! Beautiful work on yours holy molyu 🤩
The black velvet is by far my easiest Alocasia I have!! She’s gorgeous, has only lost 1 leaf over the whole winter (she has 6 with a 7th on the way right now), and gave me 2 tiny corms, that both grew succsessfully!! One of the corms already got it’s 3rd leaf and sized up a LOT. The newest leaf is already 8cm long and is still hardening off!! The other corm has 2 itty bitty leaves! I had my big momma black velvet in a terracotta pot with a very light coco coir and perlite mix, that dried out a loooot, and it never minded. I did recently transfer it to pon in a selfwatering pot (although I am not that big of a pon fan, I just used it cuz I was out of leca and it came with the pot), because I did notice it was slowing down with the growth a bit. And cuz it’s going into summer now, the soil would dry out way too fast and I didn’t want it to suffer, when I do enter one of my depressive episodes again. In conclusion: I love this plant. It tickles my (lowkey goth) brain just right.
I have my black velvet living in its original pot and soil in the shower on a ledge. It’s right against the privacy window and gets direct sun all day at the moment, but the cloudy/splotchy privacy window filters it a lot. It’s winter in Australia right now and mine is growing new leaves, which surprised me. I noticed it started to cannibalise its oldest leaf for nutrients so I gave it some fertiliser despite the season, and then the new leaf started showing itself. I have some leaves that are as big as 3 of my hands stacked up together and the one currently unfurling looks to be even bigger than the last so I’m excited to see it unfurled!
Your Alocasia propagation article was the one that helped me! I did the shallow puddle method and am happy to report that 2/4 are currently putting out tiny roots! They are Alocasia Polly and black velvet corms and I can’t wait for them to grow into their own little plant. Thank you for the great article
Thanks so much for all the info. I bought mine about a year ago. It did fine under grow lights during the winter, but starting in late spring began losing its leaves. It’s now just a big bulb with one leaf starting to grow out the top and littles coming off the sides…and we’re heading into winter! Seems like it has its seasons all backwards. I’m anxious to see what it does over the winter. 🤷♀️ I’m in Central Texas.
I live in a really humid area (it’s usually in the 70s or 80s) and just got my first alocasia black velvet! I’m a little bit afraid to kill it with too much watering though lol I’m keeping it in a clay pot which helps retain humidity so when I water it I also water the pot itself and fingers crossed that’ll work fine
Mine just flowered, which honestly, I could live without. I’m here for the leaves. It’s only got 2 at the moment. When I transferred it the Pon, it got a bit cross with me & dropped a couple leaves. Then it seemed to get really happy & put out a huge leaf and then flowered. I hope it gets back to making big gorgeous leaves for me soon 🤞🏻
Very nice article, I’d say it has exactly all the basic information that is important! If I’ve had this half a year ago, maybe my Alocasia would have had an easier time 😶 I’ve had my Alocasia Black Velvet since November, and well I have to say that it doesn’t look as nice as yours, but at least I feel like I’ve figured out how to take care of it now. At first, I really struggled to figure out how much it wants to be watered. Somehow that was a lot easier for me with my Alocasia Amazonica, probably because it’s in a smaller pot. In the beginning I seemingly didn’t water it enough (I tend to underwater) but when I watered it more, it didn’t dry out fast enough, probably because it’s pot it came in was way too big regarding the ratio of roots to soil. Since I put it in a smaller and clear pot it’s been a lot easier. I can see now when I need to water and and only bottom water it (and it’s my only plant where I do it like that, most of them get a mix or are only top watered). Also when repotting it, I broke one of the corms off, and I managed to successfuly grow it. It’s in Pon under a humidity dome, but has unfurled it’s first leaf last week and is such a cute baby plant. I’m also planning to keep it in Pon, hoping that it will be easier regarding the right amount of water. The only “issue” I still have with the mother plant is, that all its (only three) leaves have pretty different shapes, one looking like it didn’t fully developed, stuck at a smaller and curved in shape, but it unfurled when I first got the plant, so I’d guess it was the change of environment?
OK I have a silver dragon alocasia, I bottom water all my plants so I water every 2wks let it sit in water for 20 miks to let it soak up then move it to a catch pot with a piece of Styrofoam at the bottom so if it happens to drain its just not sitting in water. How does that sound to you he seems pretty happy
hi!! can the black velvet alocasia be grown in just water? i’m terrible with watering schedules and knowing when soil is moist/dry enough, so i’ve been trying to keep as many of my plants as i can in just water since they’re a little easier for me to maintain that way 😅 do you think this is something i can do for my black velvet too?
Really enjoy your articles and we have many of the same plants! I always assumed you were American and I live in the uk too so now I feel like a div 😂 have you ever washed your black velvets leaves? Mine is rather dusty but don’t want to upset it as my african violets hate their leaves getting wet and get brown spots if i drip water on them!
My black velvet is in my bathroom on the window sill getting perfect light! And humidity when we shower my black velvet is neighbors with my tricolor lol And my other alocasia Polly is a angel the most easiest guy I have gets no humidity and doesn’t care! Loves water and it’s window that keeps him warm And my black velvet is in what looks like bark is the watering the same? Please answer
The biggest head explosion emoji is that EVeRYTHING ABOUT evert plant, animal and fungus.. bacteria etc is ALL there or not there because of evolution.. from the length of the stem, to the colour of a flower, to specific behaviours of an animal all the way through to the presence of cilia or flagella on singled celled organisms is all there because organisms moving toward that trait were favoured. THAT’S what is cool.
I’ve had a black velvet for a week now and noticed that it has a yellow, powdery substance in the middle of some of the leaves over where the stem holds the leaf. It looks like pollen. The plant is healthy, no browning or curling. I wiped the leaves on top and bottom. The bottom side had whitish looking “spots” ( for lack of a better word), which wiped right off. Is this spider mites, mealy bugs, I can’t find any pictures that resemble what I have. Thanks!
Hi! I recently bought an Alocasia! I want to save it. When I bought it, it was dying only one leaf seems to be doing really well! How should I go about trying to keep it alive ? What does it mean if it’s leave are yellow/shrinking & brown. Not sure how to explain. But I would definitely appreciate some help to revive this beautiful plant back to life! Thank you!
I just got one a few months ago and I’m thinking of moving her to the bathroom . She’s not dying just not thriving . The stems are a little limp the ends of the leaves are crispy . I’m just worried about the change in temperature in the bathroom . I take hot showers so it gets pretty warm in there and then it cools back off when I open the door . I’m also wondering about where in there to put it . I have a window but it’s actually in the shower so I’m worried it might get too wet there .
Hi! My black velvet is growing really well and quite tall now (about 30cm) however because of the height she tends to fall over to one side rather than stand up straight. is there anything i can do to combat this or do i just need to put bamboo sticks in? or more soil? ☺️ this article is super helpful thank you!!