Live Bulbs Colocasia gigantea Thailand Giant Thai Giant Elephant Ear Huge Leaf (3 Bulbs)

These grew like weeds after four months they were huge, bulbs were smaller than I thought, although the plants really took off, never even fertilized, and they still grew fantastic.

Do not buy these seeds- I have grown elephant ears the last few years and never have gotten such lousy seeds. I wanted to get them started early, so I went against my better judgement and ordered them online. Ok, first of all, instead of being large and heavy , like the size of a small coconut- they’re tiny. Like the size of a tennis ball. Ok, so I figured I’d take a chance and give them a try. Out of the three seeds , two were duds and never came up. What a waste of time and effort! Buyer beware!

I bought my first trio from these guys last year about this time, and was very disappointed by how tiny and scrawny they looked and felt.I planted them in with my hardy banana trees without any thought they could end up doing battle for territory, I thought I had been "had". I was wrong.The photos above show the trio I bought this year sitting on a five pound plastic bag of shopping-center dirt, next to a hand rake. As in last year's trio, it is not impressive.The huge bulb with snaky looking shoots was just pulled out of my cold cellar, it wintered over in a heavy duty garbage bag in the root cellar. It eight 48 pounds.It held its own against the banana trees. I only pulled one bulb up to try to winter over, I didn believe it would survive in a garbage bag. Glad I took the chance on it; it's roots rested on dry sawdust.I gave the seller five stars as the bulbs are good ones, but it is indeed a very sketchy lookin outlet, so doubts are not unwarranted.Name of seller ?888 Big Sales or Brand: MW142weird

Not one came up!

I purchased a total of 6 bulbs (2x orders) of these Elephant Ears and planted them around April 18th with the bulb tip approx half an inch below the soil surface in gently packed soil. These were an accent planting for my front yard in an area that retains rainwater. I watered them regularly and was extremely frustrated to see no growth/leaves after 8 weeks and ultimately abandoned them believing they were dead.UPDATE - All of 6 of these bulbs have sprouted leaves in the last 10 Days (July 6th) and look strong & healthy. If you're going to purchase these, water them regularly but DON'T expect results for at LEAST 2 months! These look like they have rooted well and will produce those wonderful waxy ears for years to come.

Of the 3, a squirrel dug one up, one is growing at least 2 inches a day with multiple shoots, and the last is coming along slowly as I have it in a much smaller pot. I'll be using this for shade over a patio chair as they grow quite large. These were packaged perfectly and I waited a bit too long before planting as they were already sprouting inside their cardboard box. Very good price for these.

These bulbs did not sprout at all. I contacted seller over 2 weeks ago. They responded that the bulbs were 100% guaranteed and they would replace them. They asked me to dog them up to see if they were mushy. I did and replied to them that yes they were mushy. I didn’t hear anything for over a week so last week I messaged to see if I needed to do anything else in order to have the bulbs replaced but still no answer as of today. I can not return the items since there is nothing to return at this point and I don’t think returning mushy bulbs was a viable alternative in the first place.

UPDATE!!!!!! When I planted the bulbs, although the bulbs were small they produced BEAUTIFUL PLANTS WITH FULL LEAVES! They definite were colossal elephant ears!I’ve had colossal elephant ear bulbs before and these are definitely NOT COLOSSAL ELEPHANT EAR BULBS!!!!! Colossal bulbs are much larger. I haven’t decided if I want to return them or plant and not expect the large leaves. If I do plant them and I’m eating I will definitely post another review. However, upon first sight I don’t believe these are colossal bulbs.