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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, commonly known as the zebra plant or zebrina alocasia, is a plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, Leyte, Samar, Biliran, and Alabat in the Philippines. It is commonly grown as an ornamental plant worldwide. [1] [2] It is also locally known as gabing tigre ("tiger taro") in Tagalog. [3]
The leaves range in size from 20 to 27 centimetres (7.9 to 10.6 in) long. The leaf margins are entire or shallowly sinuate (wavy). [2] [3] A. heterophylla is very similar to Alocasia ramosii and Alocasia boyceana, which are also endemic to the Philippines and are all grouped with A. heterophylla under the "Heterophylla Group" of the genus Alocasia.
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 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 ...
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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