Alocasia UK nursery
MICHOLITZIANA 'FRYDEK' "DORAYAKI" AUREA VARIEGATED
A young plant, fully rooted, with a minimum of three leaves. It arrives growing in Fluval Stratum, ready to be grown on into its mature form.
- Variegation
- Aurea
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- Delivery
- Free over £75
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- Free UK delivery over £75, heat-packed
- Hand-selected and inspected before dispatch
- Covered by our 7-day live arrival guarantee
What collectors say
Care
Light. Bright, indirect light. Variegated tissue carries less chlorophyll and scorches more easily than green, so filter strong sun.
Water and humidity. Keep the substrate evenly moist, never wet. Aim for 60% humidity or higher.
Feeding. A balanced feed programme through spring and summer; ease off in winter.
Dormancy. An Alocasia that drops its leaves in the cold is usually resting, not dead. Keep it warm and barely moist and it will push again.
Delivery and arrival
Plants are dispatched Monday to Thursday only, so they never sit in a depot over a weekend. Every order is sent with a heat pack and packed plastic-free.
Free UK delivery on orders over £75. Unpack on arrival and give your plant a few days of steady conditions to acclimatise.
Every plant is covered by our 7-day live arrival guarantee. If there's a problem, email sales@thealocasiacompany.co.uk within 7 days of delivery with your order number and clear photos. Please don't repot in those first 7 days, as repotting voids the guarantee.
Pet safety
Like all aroids, this plant contains insoluble calcium oxalate crystals and is toxic if eaten. Keep it out of reach of cats, dogs and children.
About this cultivar
MICHOLITZIANA 'FRYDEK' "DORAYAKI" AUREA VARIEGATED
Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' "Dorayaki" Aurea Variegated
Looking for the round-form Frydek? Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' "Dorayaki" Aurea Variegated takes the velvet Frydek every collector knows and reworks it into something rounder, softer, and considerably rarer.
The classic 'Frydek' is prized for its deep, matte, velvet-green blade and bright white venation. "Dorayaki" is the round-leaf form of it, and the name is a nice bit of collector shorthand: a dorayaki is the round Japanese red-bean pancake, and the label points straight at the plump, rounded leaf shape that sets this form apart from the pointed classic. Once you know that, the name tells you what to expect.
The aurea layer is what makes this one scarce. Instead of plain green, the pale tissue comes through as golden-yellow, marbled across the deep green in a way that reads warm rather than stark. On a velvet leaf this behaves differently to a glossy one: the matte surface absorbs light and softens the gold, so the contrast sits deep in the blade rather than flashing off it. Because the aurea variegation is chimeric, it lands differently on every leaf and every plant, and it cannot be guaranteed true-to-type through tissue culture.
'Frydek' is a velvet Alocasia, so it rewards a little more attention than the leathery species: bright, indirect light to hold the variegation, steady high humidity, and water once the top of the substrate begins to dry. Velvet leaves dislike being wetted directly, so water to the substrate rather than the foliage.
All plants are grown in Fluval Stratum, our preferred early-stage medium for corms and baby Alocasia, held in our 3D printed Corm Keeper stand. Once fully rooted and at juvenile size we repot into our own pon mix, blended from components in our Soil Ninja range.
- Variegation: golden-yellow aurea, chimeric and marbled across the blade
- Form: "Dorayaki" round-leaf form, named for the round Japanese pancake
- Leaf: thick, velvet, rounded, with the bright venation of a classic Frydek
- Light: bright, indirect light to support healthy variegation
- Humidity: high, thrives at 60% and above
- Growth habit: compact, slow-growing velvet cultivar
- International Import Tissue Culture Plant
A rare chance to add a round-form aurea Frydek to your collection. Get in touch with the team at The Alocasia Company if you'd like advice on care or variegation stability.
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