Alocasia macrorrhizos Bletilla where an occasional barefoot stroll

where an occasional barefoot stroll is desired

Another claim to fame is that it was selected by the Royal Horticultural Society as one of their top 200 plants of the last 200 years

vertically striped foliage

tuberous aroid has one giant divided leaf on top of a 4-5' tall

open shade

Alocasia macrorrhizos Bletilla where an occasional barefoot stroll(syn: Alocasia macrorrhiza) This very cool elephant ear is quite different from the typical Colocasia esculenta. The thick, sculpted, glossy green, wavy edged leaves are held upright on dramatically rigid stems. A clump of giant upright elephant ears is guaranteed to stop visitors in their tracks especially if they walk into it! Alocasia macrorrhizos has been quite hardy in the Raleigh area, surviving 0 degrees F, but prefers it a bit warmer.