Alocasia "Venom"
€45 – €80 · Coming soon
Shield-shaped leaves with a wavy margin and a drawn-out tip that narrows into something like a tail — the feature that tells it apart at a glance. New leaves emerge dark green and lighten as they mature, settling into a matte silver finish that never darkens again. It began as a spontaneous mutation of Alocasia 'Amazonica', spotted in 2019 by Mason Lee in South Korea: a cultivar, not a species.
Care sheet
- Light
- Plenty of bright indirect light: in shade the silvery finish goes dull.
- Humidity
- 65–80%
- Temperature
- 20–28°C
- Watering
- Moderate. Let the top 3 cm dry; it minds standing water more than thirst.
- Substrate
- Alocasia mix: 25% sphagnum · 25% perlite · 20% bark · 15% coco · 10% worm castings · 5% biochar
- Propagation
- Side cormlets
How to propagate it
- Find the cormlets at the base of the rhizome
- Separate with a sterile blade in spring
- Moist sphagnum at 25°C, in a closed but ventilated container
- First leaf in 4–8 weeks
Shipping and guarantee
Shipped in insulated packaging, leaving on Mondays and Tuesdays. 30-day establishment guarantee. Home nursery in Ferrara, Italy; collection by appointment.