Alocasia hypoleuca

A very large Thai Alocasia related to A. macrorrhizos, described by Peter Boyce in 2008. It grows to 3 m on slender, self-supporting stems up to 2 m tall, with leaves about 100 × 50 cm that are strikingly glaucous underneath. It was described from dry evergreen forest on granite at about 500 m, so it wants heat, bright filtered light and room.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Dry evergreen forest on granite, about 500 m, in the Khao Soi Dao range of Chanthaburi. It is a pachycaul herb with erect, rarely leaning stems.

Described from about 500 m. The measured records in peninsular Thailand are at 50–150 m.

Thailand

🔒 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.