Alocasia montana

Dwarf upright elephant ear

Now usually treated as Englerarum montanum, the only species in its genus, and known as the dwarf upright elephant ear or dwarf taro. It is a small, tuberous aroid of monsoon Southeast Asia, from Laos, Thailand, the Kachin Hills of Myanmar and south-west Yunnan. It grows through the hot wet season and rests through a long, cool, almost rainless dry season.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

No detailed habitat notes were opened. It is a perennial of seasonally dry forest, typical of monsoon hill forests of northern Thailand and Laos.

Few records carry an elevation; the measured sites lie at about 60–640 m.

LaosThailandMyanmar (Kachin)China (south-west Yunnan)

🔒 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.