Alocasia hararganjensis

A pachycaul Alocasia, one with a thick trunk-like stem, described in 2018 from the Haraganj reserve forest in Lawachara National Park, Moulvibazar District, northeastern Bangladesh. It is close to A. fallax, from which it differs mainly in its leaves. It comes from warm, humid, low-hill semi-evergreen forest with a strong monsoon and a cooler, dry winter.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Understorey of low-hill mixed semi-evergreen and deciduous forest. The terrain is undulating sandstone hillocks with sandy streams and damp hollows. Published detail on its microhabitat is limited to the type locality.

Lowland; the Lawachara hillocks rise only about 10 to 50 m above the surrounding plain.

Bangladesh (Moulvibazar District, Sylhet Division)

🔒 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.