Alocasia macrorrhizos Shock Treatment Fatshedera when the clumps are topped

when the clumps are topped with cloud-like heads of reddish purple that age to pink

Do not expect new growth from these rhizome cuttings until the following spring

Each division is graced with 3' tall red stalks of sweet-scented

the 6' tall specimens are adorned with terminal clusters of single

Our eight year-old specimen flowered in 2022 after it had reached a whopping 4' tall x 7' wide

Alocasia macrorrhizos Shock Treatment Fatshedera when the clumps are toppedAlocasia '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