alocasia

Rare! Boa is an exciting new upright Alocasia that features enormous leaves and remarkable serrated leaves with marbled stems.
It has snakeskin-like stems and serrated leaves. This variety makes an excellent container plant as well as a beautiful landscape plant for the tropical garden. Boa produces many suckers which makes for an attractive container. This is an excellent mid-size Alocasia for the centerpiece of mixed combination pots. There is something so intriguing and beautiful about the Alocasia boa. With its massive, green leaves which have highly-serrated edges and robust stems, it is a favorite for many homeowners.

Rare Variegated Elephant Ear, spectacular hybrid. Grows more compact than other Elephant Ears, making it an excellent choice for a large container.

Alocasia Regal Shields has nearly black leaves with a burgundy underneath; a dark green topside and purple underside with lime green veins. The plant needs very little water. To keep it happy, mater moderately.

Hilo Beauty is a gorgeous, ornamental, evergreen perennial plant with unique black stems with a bluish hue and lovely variegated large leaves. True to its tropical roots, Hilo Beauty is named after an island in Hawaii. It has wide, elephant ear leaves that look camouflaged. Contrasted with deep green leaves, smooth edges, and chartreuse pops of color, this stunner adds the wow factor to any collection.
You might see this plant called an Alocasia

Spectaular Colocasia hybrid similar to Colocasia Thailand or Jacks Giant. The Largest Leaf on the Planet! A truly astonishing plant that lives up to its name. This elephant ear variety boasts enormous, show-stopping foliage that can stretch several feet long and wide. Its leaves feature a glossy texture, prominent ribbing, and a rich blue-green hue that fades to chartreuse around the edges.
This plant is a triploid, meaning it has three times the chromosomal power of typical elephant ears, which contributes to its dramatic size and vitality. Native to South India, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, it grows up to 7 feet tall with a spread of 5 to 8 feet, creating a lush, tropical atmosphere. It thrives in moist, boggy, or even wet soils enriched with organic matter, but during winter, it requires drier conditions to prevent rot. The key to success is consistent moisture paired with good drainage, and it grows best in full sun to light shade.
In addition to its ornamental value, it is also a versatile and nutritious plant, cultivated as a root vegetable for its edible starchy corm, which has a light purple hue from phenolic pigments. The corms can be roasted, baked, or boiled, revealing a sweet, nutty flavor thanks to their natural sugars. The starch is easily digestible, making it ideal for baby food, while the leaves are rich in vitamins A and C and contain more protein than the corms.
Despite its extraordinary size, it is easy to grow and requires minimal maintenance, making it a stunning and practical choice for gardeners and food enthusiasts alike.

Frydek makes an outstanding potted plant for the home or garden. The mature, broad, velvety black leaves have striking white veins making this easy-care plant a real beauty. The juvenile leaves appear as bright lime-green and the pale leaf stems have a purplish jagged banding which adds even more intrigue to this eye-catching species. Strong grower resisting many of the winter decline issues that other Alocasias have.

Solid Gold is a giant Alocasia, easily growing to 6 ft high in good tropical conditions. It has glossy emerald green leaves up to 1 metre long held stiffly upwards, with prominent yellow veining on the underside of the leaves.
The striking and spectacular aspect of this plant is, of course, the buttercup yellow stems and veins on the undersides of the leaves. It is a bright and obvious yellow, not just a pale green or lemon color. The more light the plants receive, the brighter the stem and the darker the leaf will be. The stems of young plants are a lighter, greenish color until they get a few leaves; as they get older, the yellow color becomes more prominent.
This is a fast growing Alocasia and in good conditions. It grows larger in the ground than in pots - Alocasias seem to need a lot of room for their roots to get the huge leaves.

Black stems and veins adorn this extraordinary form of Alocasia macrorrhiza. This very rare and unusual elephant ear is quite different from the typical. The huge thick sculpted forest green leaves with are held upright on dramatically rigid black stems. Reaching a mature height of 4-5 ft, it loves high light with only moderate shade. Black Stem Upright Elephant Ears are among the most eye catching. Beautiful on their own or planted as a back drop for your favorite blooms, these landscaping plants provide a bold, tropical effect in nearly any garden.

This very fast growing and easy care plant is an unusual looking Alocasia. It originates from Thailand. The rounded leaves have the normal lobed rear but come to a long point and truly resemble the body of a stingray complete with tail. Grows to 6 feet Dying back in colder climate. This still doesn't kill it. According to different sources it's hardy to Zone 8 or 9.