Alocasia macrorrhizos Shock Treatment New Zealand sweetly-fragrant

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The summer-borne inflorescence sits atop a short flowering stalk and resembles a small pink cup that holds a well-sized spadix

wet winters

However every few years the clumps can be divided and replanted to form larger masses for bigger and better displays in the garden

iris-like foliage

Alocasia macrorrhizos Shock Treatment New Zealand sweetly-fragrantAlocasia 'Shock Treatment' is a 2008 Plant Delights JLBG introduction that truly had a series of twist and turns in its road to market. In 2005, we were botanizing north of Hanoi and after finding our road washed out, we retreated through a series of uninteresting back roads until sighting this bizarre form of the common Alocasia macrorrhizos in the front yard of a small home. The owner gladly shared a piece that we subsequently named Alocasia 'Shock