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Geogenanthus. Care level: Easy. This purple geo plant boasts glossy and thick little leaves, similar to a rubber tree. The round leaves have a slightly purple coloring, ideal for breaking up all ...
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 brancifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the Moluccas and New Guinea. [1] With its heavily dissected leaves it is sometimes kept as a houseplant. [ 2 ] There appears to be a cultivar, 'Pink Passion', in which the markings on the petioles are pink instead of the usual brown.
Alocasia plants are cultivated in pots as indoor plants in a substrate of sod, peat, humus and sand (2:2:3:2) with moss or pieces of charcoal added. In spring and summer give a liquid compound fertiliser 2 times a month. Alocasia needs extra light in winter; it grows better with high air humidity. Ambient air humidity is maintained at 80-85%. [6]
Alocasia wentii, the hardy elephant's ear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the highlands of New Guinea. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Occasionally kept as a houseplant, the unimproved species and some variegated cultivars are commercially available.
Englerarum montanum, (syn. Alocasia gageana), the dwarf upright elephant ear or dwarf taro, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. [2] [3] The sole member of its genus, Englerarum, it is a perennial native to Laos, Thailand, the Kachin Hills of Myanmar, and southwestern Yunnan in south-central China.
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 ]
Alocasia lauterbachiana, the purple sword, silver sword, or baroque sword, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to northern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] With its upward-pointing leaves reaching 1.5 m (5 ft), it is kept as a houseplant and is readily available in commerce.