Alocasia wallichii
Wallich's Elephant Ear
UK price
£25 to £80
Estimate
Price by size
- Sold, 90 days
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- Middle half
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- Last sold
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Cutting/cormNone
7cmNone
12cmNone
MatureNone
- Sale
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- Middle half
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About Alocasia wallichii
Alocasia wallichii is a jewel Alocasia species native to the humid forests of Northeast India and neighboring regions. Its sagittate leaves have a matte, velvety dark olive-green to blackish upper surface with prominent, raised silver-white primary veins. The undersides are a glossy deep purple-maroon, supported by slender green petioles.
Native range
Native to the tropical forest understories of Northeast India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
Classification
- Genus
- Alocasia
- Family
- Araceae
- Type
- Wild
- Growth habit
- Upright, clumping, tuberous
Morphology
- Leaf shape
- SagittateArrowhead-shaped leaves, with pointed lobes at the base pointing downwards., narrow
- Leaf length
- 20-30cm
- Leaf width
- 10-18cm
- Petiole colour
- Slender light-to-medium green
- Venation
- Bold raised silver-white veins
- Texture
- Matte, velvety, thick paper-like
- Variegation
- Purple-maroon leaf undersides
- Growth habit
- Upright clumping
Recent UK sales
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For sale in the UK
Before you buy
- Check both leaf surfaces: the upper side should be matte, velvety, dark olive-green to near-black with raised silver-white veins, and the underside glossy deep purple-maroon
- No recorded market price exists yet for this species. Treat any quoted price as the seller's own estimate
- Confirm the leaf shape is narrow and sagittate rather than broad, consistent with the described form
- As a slow-to-moderate growing tuberous species, be realistic about how long a small offset will take to establish