Persian Palm Alocasia x 'Calidora'
Other Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Alocasia calidora
- Phonetic Spelling
- a-loh-KAH-see-uh
- This plant has low severity poison characteristics.
- See below
- Description
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'Calidora' upright elephant ear is a cultivar with very large, attractive, tropical-looking leaves. The plant will grow 5-9 feet tall in a vase shape with arrow-shaped ribbed leaves that can become 6 feet long and 3 feet wide.
It can grow in full sun to nearly full shade and needs fertile, well-drained, continuously moist soils. In NC it will need to overwinter indoors if you have the space or in a greenhouse. Cut back on water in the winter.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Alocasia
- Family:
- Araceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Dimensions:
- Height: 5 ft. 0 in. - 9 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 5 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Houseplant
- Perennial
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Vase
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- High
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Occasionally Wet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b
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Flowers:
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Spadix
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- > 6 inches
- Leaf Width:
- > 6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Huge glossy green arrow-shaped and ribbed leaves up to 6 feet long and 3 feet wide.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Houseplants
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Heat
- Humidity
- Problems:
- Problem for Cats
- Problem for Dogs
- Problem for Horses