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Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Shock Treatment'
Shock Treatment Upright Elephant Ear
Item #: 7121
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Origin: Vietnam
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Alocasia 'Shock Treatment' is a 2008 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction that truly had a series of twist and turns in its road to market. In 2005, we were botanizing north of Hanoi and after finding our road washed out, we retreated through a series of uninteresting back roads until sighting this bizarre form of the common Alocasia macrorrhizos in the front yard of a small home. The owner gladly shared a piece that we subsequently named Alocasia 'Shock Treatment'. This mutation of Alocasia macrorrhizos is a 3' tall clumper with glossy green, bizarrely twisted and crinkled leaves resembling a larger version of Alocasia cucullata 'Crinkles'. This has proven both amazingly hardy and vigorous in the garden, forming an attention-drawing patch.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Alocasia
Flower Color: White/Cream
Leaf Color: Green
Bloom Time: Summer
Container Role: Thrillers
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