Alocasia UK nursery
NYCTERIS "BATWING" 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
- Available
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- Delivery
- Free over £75
Every plant is individual, so leaf count and size vary slightly. Want to see a specific plant before you buy? Message us and we'll send photos.
- 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
NYCTERIS "BATWING" AUREA VARIEGATED
Alocasia nycteris "Batwing" Aurea Variegated
Looking for Alocasia nycteris "Batwing" Aurea Variegated? This is a golden-variegated form of one of the most dramatically shaped species in the genus, and a real collector's plant.
Alocasia nycteris earns its "Batwing" name honestly. The blade is deeply lobed and angular, hastate to sagittate, with the posterior lobes spreading wide like outstretched wings and the whole leaf carried on a long, blackish-streaked petiole. It is a robust species, growing tall in maturity, and the leaf is thickly leathery with a dark glossy green surface. Even without variegation it is one of the more architectural Alocasia you can grow. A small point of collector interest: nycteris is the Philippine species (from Panay) that the recently described Alocasia tandurusa is most often compared to, the two being close in overall shape but differing in the depth of their lobing.
The aurea form lays golden-yellow variegation over that bold outline. Rather than clean blocks, it tends to come through as marbling and speckling, warm yellow drifting across the dark glossy green. Because the aurea variegation is chimeric, it lands differently on every leaf and every plant. That unpredictability is part of the appeal.
In cultivation it rewards bright, indirect light, which supports both vigour and the variegation, since the yellow tissue carries reduced chlorophyll. Keep humidity high and water once the top of the substrate begins to dry.
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, marbled and speckled across the blade
- Leaf: deeply lobed, angular, batwing-shaped blade, dark glossy green
- Origin: the true nycteris, a Philippine species from Panay
- Light: bright, indirect light to support healthy variegation
- Humidity: high, thrives at 60% and above
- Growth habit: robust terrestrial herb, growing tall when mature
- Rarity: highly limited availability, a bold aurea for the serious collector
A rare chance to add a golden batwing 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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