Alocasia lauterbachiana (Alocasia)
Botanical name: Alocasia lauterbachiana
Common name: Alocasia
Family: Araceae
Origin: Tropical Asia






Purple Sword features dark purple sword shaped leaves and purple stems.
The Alocasia Lauterbachiana requires bright indirect sunlight which improves the leaf color of your plant.
Water using room temperature water, in smaller regular amounts to achieve moist, but not soggy soil.
Similar plants: Alocasia lauterbachiana (Alocasia)
- Alocasia baginda (Alocasia Dragon Scale)
- Alocasia clypeolata (Green Shield Alocasia)
- Alocasia cucullata (Lucky Leaf)
- Alocasia cuprea (Mirror Plant)
- Alocasia macrorrhizos (Giant Taro)
- Alocasia odora (Giant Upright Elephant Ear)
- Alocasia reginula ''Black Velvet'' (Dwarf Alocasia)
- Alocasia sanderiana (Kris plant)
- Alocasia scalprum (Samar Lance)
- Alocasia sp. ''Maharani'' (Alocasia 'Maharani')
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/alocasia_lauterbachiana.htm