welcome Lin occasionly when they are happy they form seed pods

With her major expansion and bloom time in full swing LariAnn may just be busy or out pollen daubing. She should be by in the next little while.

I've grown EE's for years and never have I seen anything so cool,looks like a deformed baby ear that didnt know where to grow It will be interesting to see what it does over the next few weeks, keep us posted and to a great forum

I'm watching this thread because I'm real curious as to what that growth is. I thought perhaps it was some type of leaf gall but I've never heard of that on EE leaves. It just reminded me somewhat of tree leaf gall that is caused by a mite:
http://www.google.com/search?q...

I actually found the plant infor card that came with the Elephant Ears when I was adding more plants to my list. It. simply says Elephant Ears - Alocasia. If there are any changes to the growth on my leaf, I will photograph it and post. Thanks so much for so many responses and interest in this. It is indeed strange. We learn something new all the time don't we!. Lin

Someone suggested that someone at a university might be interested in the growth. We have a university in our small City so I have e-mailed them with a photo asking if they have anyone on staff who might be interested in this. Great idea.

I have no clue what that thing is.... But it reminds me of that cartoon the "snorks".

I've seen similar leaf appendages on other aroids, most notably a few meconostigma Philodendrons. The Mickey Mouse Xanthosoma may sometimes show something along this line on leaves. It is the result of an anomalous leaf primordium, which in English means that it is like a "siamese leaf" where there is the full size leaf and then a diminutive one stuck onto it like a siamese twin. This can also show up in aroid blooms where it looks like two blooms fused together, with either one spathe and two spadices or two spathes and a spadix that looks like two fused together. I've seen these on some of my plants from time to time. I've also seen siamese leaves in which there are two half blades on one petiole. All of these arise from similar anomalies in the primordial tissue.

These anomalies usually show up near the junction of petiole and leaf blade, which for a researcher would give a clue as to where the anomalous meristematic tissue (aka "plant stem cells") is located in the developing bud.

Hope this helps,
LariAnn

LariAnn - although I should probably get out my dictionary and look up most of the words in your message, I think I got the gist of it and the Siamese reference in particular. I've sent an e-mail to our local University in the City to see if they have a staff/department who study such things. It will be interesting to see what their reply is. The last couple of days, the whole plant is acting strange with all the leaves pointing straight up and much closer together than usual in much the same way as Prayer Plant stems will do. thanks again LariAnn, Lin

Here's a photo of a siamese leaf.

Evan - thanks for the Siamese image. Nothing from the local university last week. Mine definitely look like a Siamese leaf.

I got a new pic of the funny tiny appendage today - it doesn't seem to have changed. The plant seems very happy and I keep getting new leaves. Here is today's pic and a close-up

Looks like a Keiki which would mean it's taking on a new form of reproducing in clonel form.
a tidbit from wiki-

Keiki paste is a cytokinin hormone which induces growth in the node of a Phalaenopsis inflorescence. It should not be confused with paste or powder containing auxins, which are used to force the production of roots.
Also,
Cytokinins (CK) are a class of plant growth substances (phytohormones) that promote cell division, or cytokinesis, in plant roots and shoots. They are involved primarily in cell growth and differentiation, but also affect apical dominance, axillary bud growth, and leaf senescence. Folke Skoog discovered their effects using coconut milk in the 1940s at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1]

And now for waterlily viviparism. I don't think I'm getting off topic here but anyway from the days of tropical waterlily study,

Viviparous by definition is not exactly what is considered to be the case with what goes on with such water lilies so..
In their case it's a plantlet that forms just at the point where leaf meets stem, and like wise rarely in the flower which still is not a "sprouting seed" by horticultural lingo but in truth a plantlet like a Keiki in orchids. Um here's a page that sums up the term rather quickly if you get a chance, for some insight here,
http://www.watergardenersinter...
it's really interesting!
There really is a lot to sort out with one such oddity.
I bet the earths poles are shifting!
siemese leafs are abit different for all intensive purposes.
Are you sending all sorts of hormones to your plant up there!? Lol

I think that's highly unlikely...