Species · genus Alocasia · Araceae
Zebra Plant
Alocasia zebrina Veitch ex J.Dix
Also known as: Zebra Alocasia · Elephant Ear · Zebra Elephant Ear · Tiger Taro
Cultivars of A. zebrina
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under A. zebrina 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 zebrina is a Philippine tropical understory aroid grown from a water-storing rhizomatous base, so it wants warmth, steady humidity, and bright indirect light rather than direct sun. Let the top inch or two of the mix dry before watering, and use a fast-draining, airy mix, since the storage base rots if left sitting wet. Err toward slightly too dry rather than too wet.
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 7-12d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Soil
- ai:claude-fable-5
- Care
- ai:claude-fable-5
Bright, indirect
≈ every 12 days
High
18–29 °C
Airy, fast-draining aroid mix with bark and perlite
Divide rhizome offsets when repotting
Light balanced feed monthly through the growing season
Moderate
Rarely flowers indoors; grown for its striped petioles
Toxic to cats & dogs & humans
Araceae contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which irritate mouth, throat, 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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No reference gallery yet
A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.
Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)
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