Forest and Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 us
About
This striking hybrid, *Alocasia × mortfontanensis*, is known by common names such as the African mask plant or Amazonian elephant ear. It is a rhizomatous perennial that has earned the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit for its suitability as a house plant.
Field notes
Morphology
A rhizomatous perennial reaching up to 1.5 m (5 ft).
History & etymology
It is an artificial hybrid species resulting from the cross between *Alocasia longiloba* and *Alocasia sanderiana*.
Habitat
- Altitude
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- Altitude Class
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Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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