Species · genus Alocasia · Araceae
Black Velvet Alocasia
Alocasia reginula A.Hay
Cultivars of A. reginula
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under A. reginula yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
Alocasia reginula is a tropical understory aroid from Borneo, growing in warm, humid forest shade with bright, filtered light rather than direct sun. It grows from a small rhizome that stores water and rots if kept soggy, so let the top inch of mix dry before watering and err toward the drier end. Keep it warm and provide steady humidity and airflow.
Care recipe
The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.
Care notes are early — not yet verified
- Light
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Water
- ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Soil
- ai:claude-fable-5
- Care
- ai:claude-fable-5
Bright, indirect
≈ every 10 days
High
18–29 °C
Very chunky, airy aroid mix that drains fast
Divide the small rhizome offsets carefully
Dilute balanced feed monthly while actively growing
Slow
Rarely flowers indoors; the 'Black Velvet' jewel
Toxic to cats & dogs & humans
Araceae contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which irritate mouth and digestive tract if chewed. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)
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