Philodendron UK nursery
'WHITE PRINCESS' GALAXY TRI-COLOUR 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
- Tri-colour
- 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
'WHITE PRINCESS' GALAXY TRI-COLOUR VARIEGATED
Philodendron 'White Princess' Galaxy Tri-Colour Variegated
Looking for Philodendron 'White Princess' Galaxy Tri-Colour? This is a rare plant twice over, and it is worth understanding why, because the two rarities are what set it apart from a standard White Princess.
The first is the variegation style. Most variegated Philodendron, the classic White Princess included, express sectoral variegation, clean blocks and sectors of white against green. This one is different. Galaxy variegation scatters fine flecking and speckling across the leaf like stars across a night sky, rather than splitting it into solid sections. It is a rarer and less predictable way for a plant to variegate, and it gives the leaf a wholly different character: dappled and dusted rather than blocked.
The second is the colour. This is a tri-colour, so alongside the white and green it carries a third tone, the soft pink flush that a true tri-colour White Princess is prized for. Galaxy patterning is uncommon on its own. Tri-colour expression is uncommon on its own. Finding both on the same plant is the double rarity that makes this one a genuine collector's piece.
Because the variegation is chimeric, no two leaves express alike, and neither the galaxy flecking nor the pink can be guaranteed to come through identically on every new leaf. That unpredictability is exactly what collectors chase.
In cultivation 'White Princess' is a self-heading climber and more forgiving than the jewel Alocasia many collectors know, but the variegated and pink tissue carries reduced chlorophyll, so bright, indirect light is important, both to keep the plant vigorous and to hold all three colours. Too little light and the pink fades first. Keep humidity up and water once the top of the substrate begins to dry.
All plants are grown in Fluval Stratum, our preferred early-stage medium for rooting and establishing young plants. Once fully rooted and growing away we repot into our own pon mix, blended from components in our Soil Ninja range.
- Variegation: galaxy style, fine starry flecking rather than solid sectors
- Colour: tri-colour, white, green and a soft pink flush
- Rarity: galaxy patterning and tri-colour expression together, a double rarity
- Light: bright, indirect light to hold all three colours, pink fades first in low light
- Humidity: high, thrives at 60% and above
- Growth habit: self-heading climbing Philodendron
- Note: chimeric, so no two leaves alike and expression is not guaranteed on every leaf
A genuine double-rarity for the serious 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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