Alocasia lauterbachiana
A tall New Guinea Alocasia with narrow, upright, scalloped-edged leaves up to about 1.5 m, dark green above and purplish beneath. It grows in lowland rainforest in northern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, especially along river edges and forest edges. That gives it more light than a deep-shade aroid. It is one of the easier alocasias: warm, bright-shaded and evenly moist all year.
Where it grows wild
It grows in lowland rainforest, especially near river edges and along forest edges. Herbarium localities include riversides such as the Danfu River on New Ireland and the Alimbit River in West New Britain, and lowland forest around Popondetta, Josephstaal and Lae.
A lowland species. Dated specimens are from about 15 m near Lae, and a recent observation records about 400 m.
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