Alocasia 'Bambino' Pink

Alocasia 'Bambino' is a narrow, compact hybrid derived from the same 1950s Amazon Nursery breeding lines behind Alocasia amazonica, staying smaller and more elongated than the standard Amazonica or Polly. It matures at just 12-20cm tall, with narrow arrow-shaped leaves and an undulating margin. The pink-variegated form develops irregular splashes and sectors of soft pink, creamy white and pale green over the dark glossy base, and every leaf carries a different distribution of these pale sectors.

Native range

Horticultural hybrid selection, believed to derive from Alocasia amazonica breeding lines; pink-variegated colour form in cultivation

Classification

Genus

Alocasia

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Dwarf, clumping, upright

Form of

Alocasia × amazonica

Morphology

Leaf shape

Narrow arrow-shaped, undulating margin

Leaf length

12-20 cm

Leaf width

6-10 cm

Petiole colour

Slender, pale green

Venation

Crisp ivory-white primary veins

Texture

Glossy, semi-leathery

Variegation

Irregular splashes of soft pink, cream and pale green over a dark glossy base; pattern varies leaf to leaf

Growth habit

Clumping dwarf rosette