Alocasia mortfontanensis

African mask plant

Alocasia × mortfontanensis, the African mask plant or Amazonian elephant ear, is an artificial hybrid of Alocasia longiloba and Alocasia sanderiana. It is not a wild plant. It is a rhizomatous perennial up to 1.5 m, holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit as a house plant, and includes the familiar 'Polly' and Amazonica types.

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

It has no natural habitat because it is a garden hybrid. Both parents are forest-floor plants of South-East Asia; A. sanderiana is from the Philippines.

Not applicable. The parents grow in lowland to lower montane tropical forest.

BeninFrench GuianaUnited States of AmericaSaint BarthélemyColombiaFinlandCuraçaoMadagascarFijiCosta RicaNew ZealandSaint Martin (French part)

🔒 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.