Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Shock Treatment' (Shock Treatment Upright Elephant Ear)

Sun to Part SunZone: 7b-10 36" tall Origin: Vietnam

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 A. 'Shock Treatment'. This mutation of A. macrorrhizos is a 3' tall clumper with glossy green bizarrely twisted and crinkled leaves resembling a larger version of Alocasia cucullata 'Crinkles'. So far, this has proven as winter hardy as regular A. macrorrhizos. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)