Alocasia clypeolata

green shield alocasia

A small Alocasia, about 30 cm tall, with ovate, weakly leathery leaves that are darker along the veins. It is known botanically only from its type collection on Mindanao, in rocky soil on a steep forest-edge slope. Plants sold under this name are common in the trade, but the wild species is barely documented.

Alocasia clypeolata — Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Rocky soil on a steep slope at the forest edge, in the lowlands.

The type collection is at about 80 m (the published habitat note says '80 cm altitude', apparently a typo); the records are in the lowlands.

PhilippinesLesser Sunda Is.

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.