A couple of weeks ago I spotted a flower on one of my elephant ears, presently there are two flowers on all three of my elephant ears.

I’ve been growing these elephant ears for two years. They started as strangly plants I picked up on clearance at the grocery store and turned into green monsters.

I used a hand truck to bring the pots inside to overwinter. Near the end of winter, I almost abandoned the project because the plants weren’t looking good. I’m glad I didn’t. It’s such a pleasure to watch elephant ears grow.

Each plant is producing two blooms and then another leaf. The blooms are covered with wrapping when they emerge. On one of the plants, I had to carefully remove the covering and on another, I broke the flower thinking the covering was a stuck leaf.

The flowers aren’t showy but I’m thrilled to have them. To me the blooms are a sign of a happy elephant ear!

Besides the flowers and huge leaves, there’s another interesting thing about elephant ears. They literally dribble water from their leaves. In the picture below you can see the streams of water running down the leaf.

I water my elephant ears liberally once or twice a day. The wetter the soil, and hotter the temperature, the happier elephant ears are.

I’m looking forward to showing you elephant ear seeds if I get any. Meanwhile, if you recognize the species please let me know what I’ve got. There was no tag on the plants when I bought them but I knew they had to be elephant ears.