Elephant ear plants

I have them in a huge pot and wonder if I can cut them back and store in the basement in the pot?

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#1 Comment By BushDoctor On 10/22/2017 @ 6:24 pm

If this is a green variety of standard elephant ear, than you can do this. If this is purple alocasia, then I do not recommend taking its leaves off. I will include articles for both.

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