One of the very showy Alocasias with very bullate, silver foliage, Alocasia baginda 'Silver dragon' is a cultivar of Alocasia baginda Kurniawan & P.C.Boyce, which is native to Borneo.
It is a tuberous, herbaceous plant with very dark matte green leaves, with contrasting pale grey/ silver bullate portions of the blade. Heart to arrowhead-shaped, very stiffly thickly coriaceous and almost completely peltate, each held singly atop long and sturdy succulent stems.
Genus name comes form the Greek words a meaning without and Colocasia the name of a closely allied genus, form which it was separated.
Alocasia baginda 'Silver dragon'
Alocasia baginda 'Silver Dragon' comes in three sizes:
baby (XS) - 12 cm high, Ø 6cm
M - 25 cm high, Ø 12 cm
L - 45cm high, Ø 19 cm
