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CategoryHouseplant
GenusAlocasia
FamilyAraceae
Kept inIndoors
Growing conditions
How it lives with its grower
- 🏠PlacementIndoor
- 🌡️Temperature21–28 °C
- 💦Humidity65%
- 🪴PotPlastic
- 🔧SystemSemi-hydroponics
Substrate mix
- LECA / clay pebbles 10%
- 100% mineral
About the species
Alocasia odora 'Variegata'
A finely speckled, 'frosted' variegated Alocasia odora, often sold as 'Mint'. The strength of the variegation depends strongly on light: in low light the leaf is almost green with only tiny pale specks and streaks; in strong light (e.g. under grow lights) new leaves turn almost entirely cream, with only the veins and leaf edge staying green. Perfect Plants Club's own observation: the parent grown without extra light and its offset grown under a lamp look so different they could pass for two cultivars. Collector's note: 'Variegata' here is a group name and 'Mint' a seller's nickname – neither …
- Native distribution
- Horticulturally derived form; the base species is native to South and East Asia.
- Height / growth form
- Large, heart–arrow shaped leaves; fine, pale ('mint') spotting and striping. In strong light, the leaf blade is almost completely cream-white, with green veining and a green margi…
Care summary
Alocasia odora 'Variegata'
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.
Bright, indirect light or a grow light brings out the pale pattern; in low light the leaves turn green. Very white leaves are delicate: they brown in direct sun or dry air and age sooner.
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