Giant Alocasia Elephant Ears Variegated | The Ultimate Statement Plant for Your Home

Description

Common name:

 Alocasia Elephant Ears Variegated, Giant Alocasia plants

Category:

Vegetable, Water & Aquatic Plants, Shrubs, Indoor Plants

Family:

Araceae or Alocasia family

Light:

Semi shade, Shade growing

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Flowers are inconspicuous

Foliage color:

Green, White, Purple

Plant Height or length:

50 cms to 100 cms

Plant Spread or Width:

50 cms to 100 cms

Plant Form:

Spreading, Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
• Good for Cut foliage

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Less than a hundred

Plant Description:

The plant bears many dark green leaves with white veins and margins. It is a hybrid of Alocasia sanderiana X alocasin lowii grandis. Stem is thick, rhizomatous, densely marked with leaf scars. Plants develop many leaves and a well grown plant is a treat for the eyes.

Growing tips:

Grows best in soil mixed with a minimum of 50 percent organic matter. Prefer a moist and shady situation. It grows well in porous soil, rich in organic matter, perfect drainage is absolutely necessary. Propagated by the division of rhizome, suckers and more recently tissue culture.