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Alocasia portei

Alocasia portei
Photo: Obsidian Soul, CC0

Alocasia portei is a large, thick-stemmed evergreen aroid from Luzon in the Philippines, grown mainly as a landscape plant in warm climates and sometimes as a big indoor specimen. It needs warmth, humidity and bright indirect light to thrive.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil feel dry; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-draining, humus-rich aroid mix with perlite or bark.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Leaves, stems and tubers contain calcium oxalate crystals that cause mouth and throat irritation, swelling and drooling if chewed.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Philippines (Luzon)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Alocasia portei is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Luzon in the Philippines. With Alocasia odora it is the pollen parent of the large landscaping plant Alocasia × portora.

Other Alocasia plants

Alocasia azlanii · Alocasia baginda · Alocasia brancifolia · Cunjevoi · Chinese taro · Alocasia fornicata · Alocasia heterophylla · Alocasia infernalis · Alocasia lauterbachiana · Alocasia longiloba · Giant taro · Alocasia melo

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alocasia portei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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