Alocasia UK nursery
SCABRIUSCULA PINK 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
- Pink
- Available
- –
- 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
SCABRIUSCULA PINK VARIEGATED
Alocasia scabriuscula Pink Variegated
Looking for Alocasia scabriuscula Pink Variegated? This is a pink-variegated form of a striking and still uncommon species, and one for the collector who wants presence and rarity in the same plant.
Alocasia scabriuscula is a robust species with long, thickly leathery, almost succulent blades held on relatively short petioles, those petioles often marked with fine purple-brown dotting and lines that are characteristic of the species. The leaf runs ovato-sagittate, dark to light grey-green above, and carries itself with a boldness out of proportion to the size of the plant. It is architectural in a way the popular compact jewel species are not.
The pink form overlays that deep grey-green with sectors and marbling of soft pink. It is worth being clear about what pink variegation is, because it behaves differently to white or gold. Pink is the least stable of the Alocasia variegation types: it expresses unevenly, varies considerably from leaf to leaf, and cannot be guaranteed to appear on every new leaf or to persist at the same intensity. The pink you see on one leaf is not a promise for the next. That unpredictability is exactly why a well-expressing pink of an uncommon species like this is so sought-after, and why it suits a collector who values the plant itself over a fixed outcome.
Because the pink and pale tissue carries reduced chlorophyll, bright indirect light matters, both to keep the plant strong and to support what pink it does produce, without scorching the softer sectors. 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: pink, variable and chimeric, expression differs leaf to leaf and is not guaranteed to persist
- Leaf: long, thickly leathery, ovato-sagittate blade on a relatively short petiole
- Petiole: often marked with fine purple-brown dotting characteristic of the species
- Light: bright, indirect light to support the plant and its variegation
- Humidity: high, thrives at 60% and above
- Growth habit: robust terrestrial herb, rhizomatous
- Rarity: highly limited, one of the scarcer variegation types on an uncommon species
A rare chance to add a pink-variegated form of a bold, uncommon species to your collection, for the collector who appreciates that pink is as unpredictable as it is beautiful. Get in touch with the team at The Alocasia Company if you'd like advice on care or variegation stability.
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