Alocasia micholitziana
Alocasia micholitziana, commonly known as the green velvet taro or green velvet alocasia, is a plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is commonly grown as an ornamental plant worldwide.
Taxonomy and etymology
The species was first described by Henry Frederick Conrad Sander in 1912. It is named after the German plant collector Wilhelm Micholitz.Description
Alocasia micholitziana grows to around tall. It has 4 to 7 leaves. The petioles are about long and are a mottled brownish, reddish, or purple in color. The leaf blades are a deep matte green in color with a velvety texture on the upper surface, and a paler green on the lower surface. They are sagittate and are around long and wide. The leaf veins are white in color on the upper surface. The leaf margins are strongly to mildly undulate. It is shallowly peltate.They can bear up to 4 flowers together, each around long. The spathe is around and greenish in color. The spadix is shorter than the spathe and cream-colored.