Alocasia navicularis

A massive, evergreen, trunk-forming Alocasia up to 1.5 m, with milky latex. Its peltate, cordate-ovate leaves can reach 130 × 120 cm. It grows in moist evergreen lower montane forest, sometimes on limestone, at 600–1650 m from north-east India and Nepal to northern Indochina and south-west China, where the winter is cool and dry.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets 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

It grows in moist evergreen lower montane forest, sometimes on limestone. It is a terrestrial pachycaul herb.

600–1650 m in the literature; GBIF records span 119–1650 m, with a median of 1150 m (11 records).

NE India (Assam)NepalBangladeshMyanmarLaosVietnamThailandChina (south-west)

🔒 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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