Alocasia baginda 'Dragon Scale' Albo Variegated

Alocasia baginda 'Dragon Scale' Albo Variegated is a compact forest-floor aroid native to the tropical island of Borneo (Kalimantan). It has thick, heavily bullate, shield-like leaves that resemble reptilian scales, with a pale, silvery-green surface and deep, dark green contrasting venation, accented by white-to-cream albo variegation scattered across the textured surface. Arising from a compact underground corm, it grows on upright pinkish-to-greenish petioles and needs warmth and humidity with a chunky, free-draining substrate and bright indirect light.

Native range

Species native to Borneo (Kalimantan); 'Dragon Scale' collector selection with variegation in cultivation

Classification

Genus

Alocasia

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Compact corm-forming aroid

Form of

Alocasia baginda

Morphology

Leaf shape

Shield-like (peltate), heavily bullate

Leaf length

15-25 cm

Leaf width

10-18 cm

Petiole colour

Pinkish to greenish

Venation

Deeply recessed, dark green primary veins

Texture

Thick, coriaceous, heavily bullate (textured)

Variegation

White to cream alboVariegation featuring stark white patches or sectors, which completely lack chlorophyll. variegation over the lamina

Growth habit

Upright rosette from a corm