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CategoryHouseplant
GenusAlocasia
FamilyAraceae
In the collection sinceAug 10, 2025
Kept inIndoors
Growing conditions
How it lives with its grower
- 🏠PlacementIndoor
- ☀️LightBright, indirect
- 🪴PotPlastic · Ø 8 cm
- 🔧SystemSemi-hydroponics
Substrate mix
- LECA / clay pebbles 10%
- 100% mineral
About the species
Alocasia odora 'Batik'
A variegated form of Alocasia odora whose leaves carry a fine net of white, cream and grey-green splashes, speckles and marbling – every leaf is different, recalling batik-dyed fabric. Collector's note on names: 'Batik' is a trade name, not a registered cultivar, and several similar variegated odoras are sold under it. The same plant is offered as 'Batik Variegata', odora variegata 'Batik', 'Batik Albo Variegata' or 'Blizzard' – these are not separate cultivars. A yellow-variegated form is also sold by collectors as 'Batik Aurea'; yellow marbled plants are often actually Alocasia macrorrhizos…
- Native distribution
- Horticulturally derived form; the base species is native to South and East Asia.
- Height / growth form
- Large, heart-shaped, upright leaves on long petioles; a fine network of white, creamy, and gray-green splashes, spots, and marbling. The pattern varies from leaf to leaf; it devel…
Care summary
Alocasia odora 'Batik'
Watermediumparent species data
Lightfull sunHumidityhighgeneral genus data
Min. temperature12 °Cparent species dataNo dormancy · general genus dataDifficulty: ●●●○○ · general genus data⚠ May be toxic · parent species data
No monthly schedule is shown because cultivar-/species-level data is not yet sufficient. The general values above are guidance only.
Give it plenty of bright, indirect light so the green tissue can feed the plant – but direct sun scorches the white patches. Leaves with lots of white age and brown sooner; this is not a care mistake.
⚠ Pets & children · genus Alocasia
🐱Cat moderate🐶Dog moderate🐴Horse moderate🦜Pet bird moderate🐰Rabbit, rodent moderate🐮Cattle moderate🐐Sheep, goat moderate🐷Pig moderate🐔Poultry moderate🐢Tortoise, herbivorous reptile moderate🧒Human (child) moderatedetails →
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