Colocasia boyceana

A Colocasia described by Gogoi and Borah in 2013 from Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India, named for aroid botanist Peter Boyce. There are no located wild records, so grow it like other northeast Indian Colocasia: warm, wet summers and a cooler, drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India; microhabitat not recorded in the sources reached. Wild Colocasia there usually grow in wet ground along streams and forest edges.

No elevation data; the placeholder point at 3,376 m is a regional centroid, not a collection site.

India

🔒 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.