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The Pink Stemmed Elephant Ear plants!

     .Alocasia Aurora - Pink Stemmed Elephant Ears! Excellent Indoor Plants! Hardy to Zone 8 - Thought to be a mutation of Alocasia longiloba or a natural hybrid crossed with A. Ornata. Since this plant was officially collected in Bangkok in February 2004 and brought to America to be tissue cultured and distributed in 2005, we will all know this winter just how the cold will affect this plant. *Update from winter 2005* - A few of ours were over wintered outdoors under the shade tree hammock and did very well. No losses due to the cold weather and it was an exceptionally colder winter than normal with more than 8 nights of freezes below 27º degrees F. So it has its place in the colder hardy varieties of Alocasia. They did die down of course, but all came back. The plants reach to heights of about 3+ feet and leaves as long as 12 inches and 6" wide. Still maybe they get larger in warmer climates?

A VERY DIFFERENT alocasia by every sense... the stems are light pink when younger and gradually turn deeper pink/red as they grow. The leaf veins are very pronounced with crisp silvers as they age but the most strange and wonderful thing about them is the base where the new leaves emerge. New leaves emerge bright lime green but the structure is unlike most alocasias and blows my mind every time I look at it. When asked the opinion of a world renown aroid  expert (and the man responsible for introducing the Alocasia Robusta for mainstream production and protection from extinction) for information, he had never seen one prior and thinks that it may be a hybrid of A. Longiloba x A. Ornata. He was not sure and was only making an educated guess. They are a clumping plant and do not need to worry about it being invasive as the form cormlets at the base and push out new plants near the mother. I do know for a fact that it is a rapid growing plant even in 80% shade. They pup profusely and over a growing season or two you should have a nice clump of these pink beauties. They can be divided to make new clumps. The more space you give them, the larger they will grow.

Look at the picture of this beauty below, it says it all! They are bright, strong pastel pink color stems with the shiny lime green color leaves that will turn darker with age. The veins will reveal a prominent silver color as the plants mature. The rounded end lobes on the leaves close far away from the petiole when young and grow longer and more pointed as they grow older. The plants are known to grow to about 3 feet in height with nicely proportioned leaves but may grow larger if undisturbed by colder climates. What a magnificent plant that will add that much more color to your garden. These should be grown in filtered light or indoors with well lighted area. Makes an excellent indoor patio or potted plant due to its low light/shade tolerance. Collectors Choice!

Excellent Indoor potted specimen!

Notice the Silver Veins and deeper pink stems!

Mature Flowering Alocasia Aurora Pictured Above

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