Alocasia 'Amazonica'

Raised by Salvadore Mauro at Amazon Nurseries, Miami, around the 1950s; Aroidpedia gives the seed parent as the 'Watsoniana' form of A. longiloba. A compact, hungry grower that wants warmth, bright indirect light and high humidity, and sulks or goes dormant when cold.

Parentage

Alocasia longiloba × Alocasia sanderiana

Wild ancestry

The wild species it descends from, with each one's share of the ancestry:

Alocasia longiloba 50%

Alocasia sanderiana 50%

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✓ Its wild ancestors' native conditions, combined by their share

✓ Day and night temperature targets, humidity band and light

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Parentage from published registrations and growers' records; the family tree in the app shows each step's source.