This Alocasia Calidora Variegata is supplied as a bulb. The Calidora later develops large, upright leaves on which the pale sectors come out correspondingly broad.
 
Alocasia forms tubers and stores its reserves there. From autumn many cultivars drop leaves, some retreating entirely to the bulb — this is natural dormancy, not a care failure. Keep warm, water considerably less, do not feed or repot. In spring it pushes new growth from the tuber.
 
The variegation is sectoral. Every new leaf develops its own pattern: sometimes a pronounced half-moon, sometimes a mostly green leaf, sometimes a very pale one. This variation is inherent to the mechanism and cannot be controlled through care. The node tells you more than the current leaf: shoots emerging from variegated tissue are more likely to carry the pattern forward.
 
Instead of a finished plant you receive the bulb. Sprouting takes two to eight weeks depending on cultivar, warmth and season, longer in winter. Keep warm, evenly moist, and press it in only halfway. We do not guarantee sprouting — that is standard for rhizomes and the reason for the considerably lower price compared with an established plant.
 
Delivery quality: you receive exactly the specimen shown.