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Alocasia odora

A large, upright elephant ear, 0.5–1.6 m tall, with broad, arrow-shaped green leaves held upward and fragrant flowers. It ranges from Assam and Indochina through southern China and Taiwan to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, mostly in subtropical forest along streams and on forest edges.

Alocasia odora
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Terrestrial in moist, semi-evergreen subtropical and tropical forest, especially along streams, in ravines and on steep slopes, and on forest margins near villages and the coast. Herbarium labels from the Yaeyama Islands repeatedly give semi-evergreen subtropical forest by streams.

Recorded elevations are 0–402 m, median 116 m (137 records). This is a lowland and foothill plant, although inland Asian populations may reach higher.

AssamEast HimalayaBangladeshMyanmarThailandLaosCambodiaVietnamChina (South-Central, Southeast, Hainan)TaiwanJapan (Nansei-shoto)Borneo

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.