Cultivar · genus Alocasia

Dragon Scale

Alocasia baginda · ‘Dragon Scale’

Guide

Written and kept by people who grow it. Every section carries its source.

No cultivar-specific guide yet

Until someone writes one, this cultivar follows the Alocasia baginda care below. If you grow ‘Dragon Scale’, a few honest paragraphs would give it its own voice.

Care recipe

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Care notes reviewed by Horta

Light: ai:claude-code
Humidity: ai:claude-code
Soil: ai:claude-code

LightOwn

Bright, indirect

Waterfrom Alocasia baginda

≈ every 10 days

HumidityOwn

High

TemperatureOwn

13–27 °C

Soil mixOwn

peat moss or coconut coir with perlite and orchid bark

PropagationOwn

division and corm propagation, in spring or early summer

FertilizingOwn

balanced liquid feed at half strength in spring and summer; none in fall and winter

Growth rateOwn

Moderate

Floweringfrom Alocasia baginda

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityLocked · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Araceae contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which irritate the mouth and digestive tract if chewed. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-code · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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