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Alocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family that it is native to rainforests of Maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland [1] and has long been cultivated in South Asia, the Philippines, many Pacific islands, and elsewhere in the tropics.
Alocasia are tropical plants that are increasingly becoming popular as houseplants. [6] The hybrid A. × amazonica has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit . [ 7 ] They are typically grown as pot plants, but a better way is to grow the plants permanently in the controlled conditions of a greenhouse.
Alocasia zebrina grows to around 1.8 m (6 ft) tall, but can reach 2.9 m (10 ft). [8] It usually has several leaves with cataphylls. The petiole is around 1.1 m (3.6 ft) long and is pale green in color characteristically streaked with darker green to brown stripes, hence its common name. The leaf blade is arrow-shaped (sagittate), and around 45 ...
The leaf margins are strongly to mildly undulate. It is shallowly peltate. [2] [3] Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' They can bear up to 4 flowers together, each around 20 cm (7.9 in) long. The spathe is around 14 cm (5.5 in) and greenish in color. The spadix is shorter than the spathe and cream-colored. [2] [3] Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' flower
Alocasia nycteris grows to around 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall. It has 2 to 4 leaves with papery cataphylls at the base. The stems, which are erect or horizontal on the ground, are around 12 cm (4.7 in) long and 2 cm (0.79 in) in width. [1] The leaf petioles are green with black-green stripes. They are around 45 to 100 cm (1.48 to 3.28 ft) long and 1.5 ...
Alocasia sanderiana is also known as the kris plant because of the resemblance of its leaf edges to the wavy blade of the kalis sword (also known as kris or keris). It is a tropical perennial, with upright leaves, usually growing to a height of 2 ft (60 cm) long. [2] It usually has a single to a few leaves, interspersed with papery cataphylls ...
The sheath wings are somewhat broad and triangular. The leaf blade is very broad, ranging from ovate to nearly circular, measuring 18–25 cm (7–10 in) in length and 15 cm (6 in) in width. It has a wrinkled and bumpy texture and a deep bluish-green color on the upper surface, while the lower surface is smooth and pale greenish-white.
Alocasia × mortfontanensis (syn. Alocasia × amazonica), the African mask plant or Amazonian elephant ear, is an artificial hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. [2] Its parents are Alocasia longiloba (from Southeast Asia) and Alocasia sanderiana , the kris plant (from the Philippines). [ 1 ]