Alocasia zebrina 'Variegated'

Alocasia zebrina is already known for its tall, distinctively striped zebra-pattern petioles; the variegated form adds yellow-white marbled sectoral variegation across the arrow-shaped leaf blade on top of that. The combination of patterned stem and patterned leaf makes this one of the more visually complex Alocasia in cultivation. As a chimeric sport it needs strong, consistent light to sustain the reduced-chlorophyll variegated tissue, and propagates true only from cuttings taken at a variegated node.

Native range

Variegated mutation of Alocasia zebrina.

Classification

Genus

Alocasia

Family

Araceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Upright clumping rosette

Form of

Alocasia zebrina

Morphology

Leaf shape

Arrow-shaped, sagittateArrowhead-shaped leaves, with pointed lobes at the base pointing downwards.

Leaf length

30-50 cm

Leaf width

20-35 cm

Petiole colour

Striped zebra-pattern (light and dark green bands)

Venation

Prominent, disrupted by variegated sectors

Texture

Semi-glossy

Variegation

ChimericVariegation caused by a cell mutation. Often produces high contrast but can be unstable and revert to all-green. (unstableVariegation that is prone to disappearing (reverting to solid green) if lighting conditions are poor or if not pruned.) yellow-white marbled sectoral variegation, clearly distinct from the plain green species; propagates true only from a cutting taken at a variegated node

Growth habit

Upright clumping