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upright elephant ear plant Borneo Giant Elephant Ear – Plant Detectives

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upright elephant ear plant Borneo Giant Elephant Ear – Plant DetectivesBorneo Giant Elephant Ear (Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Borneo Giant') Borneo Giant Elephant Ear is a dramatic tropical plant valued for its massive upright leaves, bold structure, and fast growing warm season presence. Its oversized green foliage creates an immediate tropical look in patio containers, poolside plantings, large garden beds, and frost free landscapes. In cold climates, it can be grown as a seasonal outdoor feature or kept in a large

Borneo Giant Elephant Ear (Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Borneo Giant')

Borneo Giant Elephant Ear is a dramatic tropical plant valued for its massive upright leaves, bold structure, and fast-growing warm-season presence. Its oversized green foliage creates an immediate tropical look in patio containers, poolside plantings, large garden beds, and frost-free landscapes. In cold climates, it can be grown as a seasonal outdoor feature or kept in a large container and moved indoors before frost. With warmth, rich soil, steady moisture, and protection from harsh wind, Borneo Giant Elephant Ear brings impressive scale and lush texture to indoor and outdoor spaces.

Distinctive Features

Borneo Giant Elephant Ear is known for its enormous green leaves, which can reach several feet long under warm, humid, well-grown conditions. The leaves are held upright on sturdy petioles, giving the plant a tall, architectural look rather than a low spreading habit. In tropical and subtropical climates, mature plants can become very large, while container-grown or indoor plants usually remain smaller. Flowers may occur on mature plants as a spathe and spadix, but this selection is grown primarily for its bold foliage and commanding tropical form.

Growing Conditions

  • Sun: Grows best in bright indirect light, filtered sun, or partial shade, with protection from harsh afternoon sun that can scorch the large leaves.
  • Soil: Prefers fertile, organically rich, well-drained soil that holds consistent moisture without staying stagnant or sour.
  • Water: Performs best with regular moisture during active growth and should not be allowed to dry out completely in warm weather.
  • USDA Zones: Hardy outdoors in USDA Zones 9 to 11, while colder climates should treat it as a seasonal patio plant, houseplant, or overwintered container plant.
  • Mature Size: Typically reaches about 6 to 10 feet tall and 4 to 7 feet wide outdoors in warm climates, while indoor or container plants usually stay smaller.
  • Habit: Forms a large upright tropical plant with massive leaves rising from a clumping base on tall, sturdy stems.

Ideal Uses

  • Focal Point: Use as a bold tropical focal point in large containers, poolside plantings, patios, courtyard gardens, or protected landscape beds where its oversized foliage can stand out.
  • Patio Container: Grow in a large decorative pot to create dramatic summer height and texture that can be moved or protected before frost.
  • Tropical Garden: Plant in warm, frost-free landscapes with bananas, cannas, caladiums, gingers, and other bold foliage plants for a lush layered effect.
  • Indoor Feature: Use in bright interior spaces with enough room, warmth, and humidity to support its large leaves and upright growth.
  • Poolside Planting: Place in protected poolside or patio areas where its broad foliage can add resort-style texture without needing flowers for impact.

Low Maintenance Care

  • Watering: Water regularly during active growth to keep the soil evenly moist, then reduce watering when growth slows in cooler seasons.
  • Humidity: Provide higher humidity when grown indoors or in dry climates to help reduce leaf edge browning and stress.
  • Wind Protection: Site in a sheltered location because strong wind can tear or damage the large ornamental leaves.
  • Fertilizing: Feed during the active growing season with a balanced fertilizer to support large foliage and vigorous growth.
  • Overwintering: Move container plants indoors before frost or protect dormant plants in mild climates according to local winter conditions.
  • Leaf Cleanup: Remove yellowing, torn, or spent leaves as needed to keep the plant looking clean and encourage fresh growth.

Why Choose Borneo Giant Elephant Ear?

  • Massive Foliage: Produces oversized green leaves that create bold tropical impact in containers and landscapes.
  • Architectural Form: Adds strong upright structure and height without relying on flowers for visual interest.
  • Fast Warm-Season Growth: Responds quickly to heat, moisture, and fertility with impressive foliage production during the growing season.
  • Container Friendly: Works well in large patio pots where it can be featured outdoors in summer and protected from cold weather.
  • Tropical Effect: Brings lush resort-style texture to patios, pool areas, garden beds, and bright indoor spaces.

Borneo Giant Elephant Ear is an excellent choice for gardeners who want a tropical plant with serious scale, texture, and visual impact. Its enormous upright leaves, fast warm-season growth, and commanding form make it a standout option for large containers, protected landscapes, patios, and dramatic foliage-focused plantings.

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★★★★★ 4
Cool twin swap story
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The start of the book is fun with the twin swap between the famous actress Zoey and Amelia running an animal sanctuary. Amelia heads to Vegas pretending to be Zoey at a conference Zoey can audition for a new role. While Amelia is in Vegas, she meets the production assistant Lindsey and chemistry there, but she must back off and pretend to be Zoey. Zoey finally joins Amelia in Vegas, and they can switch back, but the switch is exposed and both Zoey and Lindsey lose their job. Fortunately, Zoey proposes that she and Lindsey visit the farm and help Amelia out, she is struggling with the finances. Obvious for everyone that Amelia and Lindsey are perfect for each other and Lindsey is the perfect fit to help with the farm promotion. The question is whether this is a temporary hook-up or can they find a way to make it work more long term. I really liked the twin swap in the beginning and would have loved that to drag out a lot longer to see how Amelia and Lindsey struggle to stay off each other. The farm part is cute but not as interesting apart for the bad guy part trying to destroy the idyllic life there. A nice read I can recommend if you want an angst free sweet read.
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Lexington, US
★★★★★ 4
Parent trap vibes
Format: Kindle
3 .75⭐️ round up to 4, and 3.5🌶 Ok, so the premise of this book drew me in. Who doesn't love a little twin swapping a la the parent trap? Add in a side of celebrity vs small town cowgirl and you've got the basic concepts here. The twins Zoey and Amelia couldn't be more opposites. That alone should have been easily discernible. The fact none of Zoey's costars figured it out is crazy, but that just added to the hijinks of the swap. Lindsay, the poor PA who has to corral the TV stars at the tv con, really didn't understand her sudden attraction to the slightly different Zoey. The slow burn between Amelia and Lindsay will draw you in. The fallout from the twin swap let's you see what could have happened if Amelia and Lindsay didn't meet under the false pretense. The escape back to the farm and plot to save the animal rescue let's the slow moving story unfold. One of the small detractions for me was the inability to communicate feelings between the FMCs. they do end up speaking their truth/ feelings but it seemed to drag out a bit too long. All in all, I enjoyed this story, it easy could be another hallmark holiday movie. If you're looking for that cute animal loving back story this has it in spades. I mean I would help the Mizzou Moos in a New York second.
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Amelia runs a rescue farm for mini-animals - cows, donkeys, Highland cows, and goats. She and the farm are struggling, but agrees to stand-in for her actress twin sister, Zoey, at a conference in Las Vegas because Zoes agrees to pay her what she would be paid and assures her nothing can go wrong since she would be in Vegas the next morning. But of course things do go wrong, very wrong. Kris Bryant’s latest book moves along at a leisurely pace, but has all the elements her readers expect from her books - well-developed main characters and secondary characters, including the animals on the rescue farm. The storyline is pretty much like all sapphic romances - girl gets girl, girl loses girl, girl gets girl back, and they live happily ever after. However, Bryant has added a few unexpected twists, including a nasty bad guy, that keep the book interesting and doesn’t bog the book down in angst and/boredom. If you are a fan of Kris Bryant, you will undoubtedly enjoy this book. If this is your book by this author, you will probably want to pick up a few of her earlier books to explore the talents of a gifted author. My thanks to Bold Stroke Books for an e-ARC.
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Aleana Harris
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★★★★★ 4
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I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review. Amelia needs the money for Mizzou Moos, a mini highland cow rescue that she owns so she agrees to step in for her twin sister Zoey who can be at two places at once they did before what could go wrong. Amelia meets Lindsay who is a PA what shocking to Lindsay is her sudden attraction to Zoey when she learn the truth it’s becomes a slow burn between Amelia and Lindsay. I find it very funny with Zoey costars who couldn’t tell the difference when they spend a lot of time together because they both are different and it’s shows. Cute read some angst and can’t go wrong with animals in the story.
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★★★★★ 5
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