Alocasia zebrina 'Aurea'

A distinct gold-toned colour break, separate from the white/cream Alocasia zebrina 'Variegated' already catalogued: trade listings are explicit that Aurea is a different form, not another name for the same plant. Alocasia zebrina 'Aurea' shares the same underlying form and growth habit as Alocasia zebrina (sagittate to hastate, arrowhead-shaped, leaves on upright rosette from compact corm growth), with gold-yellow sectoral variegation across the sagittate leaf blade, on top of the species' already-striped zebra-pattern petioles.

Native range

Aurea colour-break cultivar of Alocasia zebrina, Philippines (Luzon and surrounding islands)

Classification

Genus

Alocasia

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Self-heading, corm-forming

Form of

Alocasia zebrina

Morphology

Leaf shape

SagittateArrowhead-shaped leaves, with pointed lobes at the base pointing downwards. to hastateSpearhead-shaped leaves, with basal lobes pointing outward at right angles rather than downward. (arrowhead-shaped)

Leaf length

35-70 cm

Leaf width

20-45 cm

Petiole colour

Striped zebra-pattern (light and dark green bands), unaffected by leaf variegation

Venation

Prominent pale midrib, pinnateVeins or lobes arranged like a feather, branching out symmetrically on both sides of a single main central vein. lateral veins

Texture

Semi-glossy, coriaceous

Variegation

chimericVariegation caused by a cell mutation. Often produces high contrast but can be unstable and revert to all-green. yellow-gold sectoral variegation, distinct from the plain white/cream Alocasia zebrina 'Variegated' already in this catalogue

Growth habit

Upright rosette from compact corm