3” Alocasia melo
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Care
Care
Bright indirect light
Water when soil is mostly dry
Loves humidity
Alocasia melo is a truly unique type of elephant ear that has extremely corrugated green and silver leaves. Their leaf texture is out of this world!
This particular Alocasia is a dwarf, or jewel variety, meaning it will only reach a maximum height of about 2'. This makes it perfect as an indoor plant.
Alocasia melo prefer to stay on the dryer side, so make sure to allow your plant to completely dry out between watering.
Additional information:
Alocasia is a genus of plants in the Aroid family native to many parts of Asia including but not limited to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Australia.
There are at least 90 officially recognized Alocasia species, with more discovered and properly named every year. Alocasia come in all sizes, from small to large. Jewel types like Black Velvet tend to stay on the bushier, more compact side.
Alocasia are rhizomatous or tuberous and self reproduce from corms.
Alocasia can go dormant during the cooler months, so try to provide your plant with temperatures above 50deg to ensure that they stay happy and healthy during this period.
Just getting into alocasias and anthuriums because I like to cause myself stress, but Canopy always comes in clutch with the perfect plants! I know without a doubt that if they die, it’s my fault, not theirs 😂
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I get my plants shipped all the way to Denver, CO. They always arrive in great condition!
I've bought several plants from this company. Always a fun expirence. Plants come well packaged, descent arrival and beautiful when unwrapped.
Absolutely gorgeous! I just love it!!
The texture on these plants is crazy, I love it! Packaged with care, as always. Already pushed out 2 new leaves, without dropping the existing :)