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ALOCASIA NOBILIS SANDERIANA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Alocasia Nobilis Sanderiana is the trade name for a deeply lobed, wavy-edged form of Alocasia sanderiana, a Philippine species with dark glossy leaves and pale, white-to-yellowish veins. This guide sets out what Aroidpedia records about the species, what the 'Nobilis'...
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Albo Variegated
ALOCASIA SIMPO ALBO: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Alocasia 'Simpo' Albo is the white-variegated form of a Malaysian-bred hybrid, valued for a thick, puckered leaf that carries albo variegation well....
Baginda
ALOCASIA DRAGON SCALE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Of all the Alocasia cultivars that have captured collector attention in the past decade, Alocasia baginda 'Dragon Scale' has sustained its position...
Collector Guide
ALOCASIA FRYDEK VARIEGATED: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Few naming controversies in the ornamental Alocasia world are as well-documented or as instructive as the one surrounding Alocasia micholitziana. The plant...
Aurea Variegated
ALOCASIA ZEBRINA AUREA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
On 11 June 1862, at the Second Great Exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society in London, Veitch and Sons, the nursery dynasty...
Aurea Variegated
ALOCASIA SCALPRUM AUREA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Alocasia scalprum is one of those species where the name does all the necessary work. Scalprum comes from the Latin for a...
Albo Variegated
ALOCASIA JACKLYN ALBO: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
There are plants whose names arrive in horticulture before their botanical identity is fully resolved. Alocasia 'Jacklyn' is one of them, a...
Baginda
ALOCASIA SILVER DRAGON: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Alocasia baginda 'Silver Dragon' occupies a particular place in the collector's Alocasia world, a cultivar that earns sustained attention not through shock...
Collector Guide
ALOCASIA 'GREEN UNICORN': THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
In the world of ornamental aroid hybrids, most cultivars arrive without documentation. A plant appears in the market, acquires a trade name,...
Aurea Variegated
ALOCASIA BLACK VELVET GOLD: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Alocasia reginula 'Black Velvet' is one of the most recognisable names in the jewel Alocasia world. The species, formally described in 1998,...
Longiloba
ALOCASIA LONGILOBA SATUN STARDUST: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Of all the species in the Alocasia genus, Alocasia longiloba carries perhaps the richest horticultural legacy. It is the most prolific hybrid...
Albo Variegated
ALOCASIA STINGRAY ALBO PINK: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
There are Alocasia that announce themselves through sheer scale. There are others that earn attention through colour, texture, or botanical rarity. Alocasia...
Reginula
ALOCASIA NINJA TRI COLOUR VARIEGATED: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Alocasia reginula 'Black Ninja' sits at the darker, more theatrical end of the jewel Alocasia spectrum. Its cultivar name is earned honestly,...