Nick-- I really like that. The Alocasia might get really big, but you have a lot of height for it. I have found in growing them in the house and greenhouse that they need a drier, cooler rest period, where the leaves will all die back and restart in a couple of months, but I'm certainly not an expert on them, and this one might just do fine for you. (Nothing ventured, nothing gained.) The Pellea rotundifolia (fern with the roundish pinnae about half way up the background on the left) couldn't be in a better spot for this specie, since it's one of the ferns that like its roots somewhat dry and very well drained. All in all, I think you've done everything beautifully. It should certainly make a group of leucomelas very happy, and they'll really be able to utilize this background along with the floor. I'm looking forward to the waterfalls feature.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.

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