Alocasia Amazonica 'Polly'

Scientific name

Alocasia × amazonica 'Polly'

General description

Alocasia × amazonica 'Polly' is a compact cultivar known for its dark, arrow-shaped, glossy leaves adorned with contrasting white or silver veins. Elegant and exotic, this plant adds a strong decorative touch to bright interiors.

Origin

Horticultural hybrid resulting from crosses between Southeast Asian species, notably Alocasia longiloba and Alocasia sanderiana .

Care

• Light : Bright indirect light, avoid direct sunlight.
• Watering : Keep the substrate slightly moist, water when the surface dries, reduce in winter.
• Humidity : high, between 60 and 80%.
• Temperature : ideal between 18 and 24°C, do not go below 13°C.
• Substrate : fertile, light and draining mixture (potting soil, perlite, coconut fiber, bark).

Special advice

• Fertilize every 2 to 4 weeks in spring and summer with a diluted balanced fertilizer.
• Repot every 2 to 3 years or when roots become visible.
• Multiplication by division of the rhizome.
• Monitor for red spiders and aphids in dry conditions.
• Toxic if swallowed to animals and humans.