Alocasia micholitziana

The green velvet Alocasia, parent of the popular 'Frydek', is endemic to northern and central Luzon in the Philippines. It grows in shaded, damp forest, including thickets around limestone boulders, and is rated Vulnerable because of over-collection. It wants shade, warmth, high humidity and a well-drained but moist mix, and it tolerates a slightly drier, cooler spell early in the year.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Terrestrial in damp, shady forest and in thickets about limestone boulders. It roots in humus pockets among rock, on a dark and humid forest floor.

Sources disagree. The Philippine flora checklist gives (48–)1200–1500 m, while other accounts call it a plant of damp lowland forest. The three measured records with elevations span 48–1050 m, with a median of 85 m.

Philippines: Luzon

🔒 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.