The Plant Life guide

Plant Life

Cultivar profiles, care guides and how we grow rare Alocasia at the nursery.

Alocasia cuprea Super Pink, metallic jewel foliage in vivid pink 25 March 2026 · 3 min read Alocasia Cuprea Super Pink: The Complete Collector's Guide The Alocasia Cuprea Super Pink represents an intensified, more extensively expressed version of the pink chimeric variegation on Alocasia cuprea, a specimen selected for particularly vivid, broad, or densely distributed pink sector coverage across the metallic copper-bronze blade. Where standard... Read the guide
Alocasia Cuprea Pink VariegatedCuprea 25 Mar 2026 · 5 min read Alocasia Cuprea Pink: The Complete Collector's Guide The Alocasia Cuprea Pink brings chimeric pink variegation to one of the most celebrated metallic jewel Alocasia species, Alocasia cuprea, the Bornean... Alocasia 'Nairobi Nights', dark glossy shield leaves with bright white veiningCollector Guide 25 Mar 2026 · 6 min read Alocasia Nairobi Nights: The Complete Collector's Guide Alocasia 'Nairobi Nights' is a named hybrid from the Safari Series, a group of pink-stemmed Alocasia that Oglesby introduced to the American... Alocasia 'Serendipity' Orange Pink Variegated, warm orange and pink sectors on greenPink Variegated 25 Mar 2026 · 5 min read Alocasia Serendipity Orange Pink: The Complete Collector's Guide This Alocasia 'Serendipity' Orange Pink guide covers what is genuinely documented about the cultivar, how its name came about, how to recognise... Alocasia 'Puber Princess' Lemon, lemon-toned variegation on compact foliageCollector Guide 25 Mar 2026 · 5 min read Alocasia Puber Princess Lemon: The Complete Collector's Guide Alocasia puber 'Princess Lemon' is the trade name for a lemon-yellow variegated form of Alocasia puber, a large, swamp-adapted species from Java,... Alocasia 'Portodora' Aurea crossed with 'Antoro Velvet', variegated velvety foliageAurea Variegated 25 Mar 2026 · 6 min read Alocasia Portodora Aurea × Antoro Velvet: The Complete Collector's Guide Alocasia Portodora Aurea × Antoro Velvet is the trade name for a hybrid built from two documented plants: the very large Alocasia... Alocasia Brancifolia AureaAurea Variegated 25 Mar 2026 · 5 min read Alocasia Brancifolia Aurea: The Complete Collector's Guide Alocasia brancifolia aurea is a golden-variegated form of Alocasia brancifolia, a New Guinea species with deeply divided, paw-like leaves. The deeply pinnatifid,... Alocasia LocoCollector Guide 25 Mar 2026 · 6 min read Alocasia Loco: The Complete Collector's Guide Alocasia 'Loco' is a hybrid cultivar introduced by Deroose Plants in the United States in 2010, assumed to descend from Alocasia sanderiana... Alocasia Black Stem Albo MacrorrhizosAlbo Variegated 25 Mar 2026 · 5 min read Alocasia Black Stem Albo (Macrorrhizos): The Complete Collector's Guide The Alocasia Black Stem Albo is a white-variegated form of Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Black Stem', a giant taro cultivar known for its dark... Alocasia Bisma Platinum Albo VariegatedAlbo Variegated 25 Mar 2026 · 4 min read Alocasia Bisma Platinum Albo Variegated: The Complete Collector's Guide Alocasia Bisma Platinum Albo Variegated is a white-variegated form of the plant sold as Alocasia 'Bisma', a Bornean jewel Alocasia whose exact... Alocasia Acuminata AlboAlbo Variegated 25 Mar 2026 · 6 min read Alocasia Acuminata Albo: The Complete Collector's Guide Alocasia acuminata albo variegated is a white-variegated, chimeric form of Alocasia acuminata, a species described by the Austrian botanist Heinrich Wilhelm Schott.... Alocasia Macrorrhizos Plumbeas AureaAurea Variegated 25 Mar 2026 · 3 min read Alocasia Plumbeas Aurea: The Complete Collector's Guide The Alocasia Plumbeas Aurea is a golden (aurea) variegated form of Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Plumbea', a very old cultivar of the giant taro.... Alocasia Simpo AureaAurea Variegated 25 Mar 2026 · 5 min read Alocasia Simpo Aurea: The Complete Collector's Guide Alocasia Simpo Aurea is the golden-yellow variegated form of Alocasia 'Simpo', a hybrid bred by Wawan Santoso and named after Bukit Simpo,...