The Alocasia Polly Candy Shattered Ruby Pink Variegata shows pale to ruby-pink sectors on the heavily lobed, darkly veined Polly leaf. The term Shattered describes the fragmented distribution of the lightening: many small fields rather than a few large areas.

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.

This plant is rooted and established. After shipping it may take a few days to acclimatise — slight leaf stress, curled leaves or a growth pause in the first two weeks are normal. Heavily variegated leaves are more vulnerable in transit than green ones and may show occasional browning at the edges.

Delivery quality: you receive exactly the specimen shown.