Alocasia venusta


Alocasia venusta is in the Arcea family and the large tropical genus Alocasia, they are native to Southeast Asia, Borneo, and surrounding tropical forests. venusta is a rare, shade-loving forest plant, typically growing as undergrowth on moist, shaded slopes. It thrives in humid, darker parts of rainforest habitats with permeable soil
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Alocasia venusta is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, found only in the vicinity of the limestone Niah Caves of northern Sarawak, Malaysia. A lithophyte with narrow, canoe-shaped leaves, it is considered obscure even by Alocasia enthusiasts and is rarely found in commerce.