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Cultivar profiles, care guides and how we grow rare Alocasia at the nursery.
Alocasia Longiloba Mint Variegated: The Complete Collector's Guide
Alocasia longiloba mint variegated is a pale, cool-toned form of one of the most widely hybridised and historically significant Alocasia complexes in cultivation. This guide explains what Alocasia longiloba is, how the species was named, how to recognise the plant,...
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Aurea Variegated
Alocasia Fornicata Lime Aurea: The Complete Collector's Guide
Alocasia fornicata lime aurea is a yellow-green variegated form of Alocasia fornicata, a broadly distributed Asian species with a long botanical record....
Albo Variegated
Alocasia Fornicata Mint Albo: The Complete Collector's Guide
Alocasia fornicata Mint Albo is a variegated form of Alocasia fornicata that shows two kinds of colour change on the same plant:...
Fornicata
Alocasia Fornicata Mint: The Complete Collector's Guide
Alocasia fornicata Mint is a variegated form of Alocasia fornicata in which parts of the leaf are a pale mint green rather...
Aurea Variegated
Alocasia Fornicata Aurea: The Complete Collector's Guide
Alocasia fornicata aurea is a golden-yellow variegated form of Alocasia fornicata, a widely distributed Asian species that is far less often seen...
Fornicata
Alocasia Fornicata: The Complete Collector's Guide
Alocasia fornicata occupies an unusual position in the modern collector Alocasia world. Unlike the jewel Alocasia from Borneo or the limestone forest...
Albo Variegated
Alocasia Fornicata Albo: The Complete Collector's Guide
Alocasia fornicata albo is a white-variegated form of Alocasia fornicata, a widely distributed Asian species with arrow-shaped leaves and a leaning, creeping...
Albo Variegated
Alocasia Melo Albo Variegated: The Complete Collector's Guide
Alocasia melo is, in its standard form, one of the most visually distinctive species in the Alocasia genus. Its almost-circular, deeply bullate...
Aurea Variegated
Alocasia Melo Aurea: The Complete Collector's Guide
The Alocasia Melo Aurea represents one of the most visually surprising combinations in the current collector Alocasia world. Alocasia melo, endemic to...
Mint Variegated
Alocasia Sinuata Mint Variegated: The Complete Collector's Guide
The Alocasia sinuata Mint Variegated represents an unusual position within the sinuata variegated family. Where the albo form creates maximum contrast, white...
Albo Variegated
Alocasia Sinuata Albo Variegated: The Complete Collector's Guide
The Alocasia sinuata Albo Variegated is a collector specimen that represents a genuinely rare intersection of two already rare qualities. Alocasia sinuata,...
Sinuata
Alocasia Sinuata Variegated: The Complete Collector's Guide
Alocasia sinuata is, in its standard form, already a plant that demands collector attention. Its bullate, thickly coriaceous foliage, deeply quilted and...
Amazonica
Alocasia Pink Dragon Aurea: The Complete Collector's Guide
The Alocasia Pink Dragon is already a plant of considerable visual complexity, vivid pink petioles, deep glossy green foliage, prominent silver venation,...