Alocasia Dragon Scale Albo
€45 · Coming soon
The stiff scaled leaf of baginda, with albo variegation. The white sections do not photosynthesise: the plant grows more slowly than the green form, and pushing it with more feed does not help. The white areas scorch in direct sun and do not recover.
Care sheet
- Light
- Bright indirect light. Never direct sun on the white sections.
- Humidity
- 65–80%
- Temperature
- 20–28°C
- Watering
- Barely damp, never soaked. Let the top two centimetres dry between waterings.
- Substrate
- 40% bark · 30% perlite · 20% sphagnum · 10% pumice
- Propagation
- Division of the offsets
How to propagate it
- Take the offsets off when repotting, without breaking the mother root
- Damp sphagnum in a closed container, 24–26°C
- Shoots in 3–6 weeks
- Pot up once the first leaf has opened
Shipping and guarantee
Shipped in insulated packaging, leaving on Mondays and Tuesdays. 30-day establishment guarantee. Home nursery in Ferrara, Italy; collection by appointment.