Colocasia affinis

A small, stoloniferous Colocasia of shaded forest in the eastern Himalaya, north-east India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and southern China. The dark-blotched form sold as 'Jenningsii' belongs here. It suits warm, moist, semi-shaded conditions and may die back to a tuber in a cool, dry winter.

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

Grows on moist, shaded forest floors, ravines and stream banks in lowland and hill forest, spreading by stolons.

Wild records span 60–920 m, with a median of about 550 m. The climate sites run from 60 to about 1060 m.

AssamBangladeshChina South-CentralEast HimalayaIndiaMyanmarNepal

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.