Alocasia cucullata Butterfly Attracting Plants Great horizontal side branches

Great horizontal side branches

Dryopteris goldieana makes a spectacular clump

As with Sarracenia psittacina

but now you can

000' elevation in Los Lirios

Alocasia cucullata Butterfly Attracting Plants Great horizontal side branchesAlocasia cucullata is a husky, but compact elephant ear with thick, shiny, green, heart shaped leaves, each with curlicue, twisted tips and upturned leaf margins. Alocasia cucullata forms a sturdy, 3' tall x 3' wide clump with 7" wide x 1' long leaf blades at the end of the upright green petioles. The flower spathe is hooded (i. e., cucullate) with the whole flower structure hiding below the leaf. The robust growing Alocasia cucullata is just perfect