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Alocasia sanderiana

Kris plant

The kris plant: a Mindanao endemic with narrow, arrow-shaped, deeply scalloped dark leaves and bold silver-white veins. It grows in damp ravines in old lowland forest, from about 100 to 840 m. It is Critically Endangered in the wild and collecting it there is illegal in the Philippines, but it is common in cultivation.

Alocasia sanderiana
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 old, damp primary forest, especially in shaded ravines at low elevation. Ravine floors stay moist, still and humid, and are cooler and shadier than the surrounding slopes.

Recorded at about 100–840 m. The upper part of this range is noticeably cooler than the lowland measured site.

Philippines: MindanaoPhilippines: Basilan

🔒 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.