Alocasia acuminata
A mid-sized Alocasia from monsoonal mainland Asia, from Nepal and Bangladesh to Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It grows in shaded, moist places in evergreen forest, usually near streams and waterfalls, on both granite and limestone. It expects a hot, wet summer and a cool, dry winter, and may slow down or partly die back then.
Where it grows wild
Labels describe shaded, moist places in primary evergreen forest near small streams on granite (Doi Suthep). Others describe evergreen forest along a stream and waterfall on calcareous soil (Phrae), shaded rocky river banks, swampy ground under large trees (Bangladesh), and limestone ridges with bamboo undergrowth (Myanmar).
Recorded elevations are 35–1,250 m, with a median of 40 m (8 records). Doi Suthep labels are at 870–900 m.
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