Alocasia holla

Alocasia holla is a selected cultivar in the jewel Alocasia group. It features compact, upright growing habit with stiff, arrow-shaped leaves. The leaf blades display a velvet-sheened dark green upper surface contrasted by light-green or silver-green venation. While its precise wild ancestry is obscure, it has gained popularity among collectors for its rich foliage texture and neat clumping growth.

Native range

Horticultural selection of Indonesian origin.

Classification

Genus

Alocasia

Family

Araceae

Type

Cultivar

Growth habit

Dwarf, clumping, upright

Morphology

Leaf shape

SagittateArrowhead-shaped leaves, with pointed lobes at the base pointing downwards., cordateHeart-shaped foliage, featuring a rounded notch (sinus) where the leaf stem attaches., velvet-sheened

Leaf length

15-20cm

Leaf width

10-15cm

Petiole colour

Slender light green

Venation

Contrasting light-green veins

Texture

Matte, velvety, thick paper-like

Variegation

None

Growth habit

Upright dwarf clumping