{"product_id":"alocasia-alba-albo-white-variegated-collector-alocasia","title":"Alocasia Alba Albo | White Variegated Collector Alocasia","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 1px solid #6b2d5c; border-radius: 10px; padding: 14px 18px; margin-bottom: 22px; background: #faf4f8;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b2d5c;\"\u003e★ Collector Specimen · One Only\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 6px 0 0; font-size: 15px; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eThe top of this release. White on an already pale blade. The exact plant photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.6;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlocasia 'Alba', albo variegated.\u003c\/strong\u003e A longiloba-type cultivar already prized for its unusually pale, silver-washed blade and hard dark venation — here carrying true albo variegation on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 26px;\"\u003eThe plant\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1.6;\"\u003e'Alba' is one of the few Alocasias that reads light rather than dark. The leaf is a cool silver-green, narrow and sharply lobed, with venation drawn across it in near-black. The contrast is the whole appeal: a pale blade with the vein structure of a much darker plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1.6;\"\u003eThe albo form pushes clean white sectors through that already pale surface. It is a difficult combination to source and a difficult one to grow — which is why it sits at the top of this release rather than in the middle of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 26px;\"\u003eWhat you're buying\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1.6;\"\u003eThe exact specimen in the photos. One only. Albo variegation carries no chlorophyll at all, so it is the least stable form there is — sectors can widen, narrow, or revert entirely from one leaf to the next, and heavily variegated leaves grow slower than green ones. That is the trade you are making at this level, and it is priced with that understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 26px;\"\u003eThis specimen\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCultivar:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alocasia 'Alba', albo variegated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVariegation:\u003c\/strong\u003e white sectors present on current growth — see photos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShips:\u003c\/strong\u003e in its current pot — minimum stress, maximum arrival health\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability:\u003c\/strong\u003e One specimen. No second, no restock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acclimated and established. Ready to ship.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 26px;\"\u003eCare, briefly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"line-height: 1.7;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright indirect, consistently. White sectors have no chlorophyll and scorch in direct sun — but too little light and the plant leans on its green tissue and reverts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sparingly and evenly. A heavily variegated plant uses far less water than a green one — go by pot weight, never by schedule. Overwatering is how these are lost.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHumidity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 65%+. Stable humidity matters more here than anywhere else in the drop; white tissue crisps first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMix:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very airy and fast-draining — bark, perlite, pumice. Never dense soil.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWarmth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20–27°C. Nothing below 15°C, no cold draughts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatch:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spider mites on the leaf underside. Check weekly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePace:\u003c\/strong\u003e Slow, and slower the more white it carries. Do not repot or fertilise hard to push it — stability is what keeps the variegation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 24px;\"\u003eThank you for collecting with us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant.ess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58267883536728,"sku":null,"price":3223.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/4963\/9768\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_25949f6f-f126-47b6-8bd5-43e93b84e1ac.jpg?v=1787624789","url":"https:\/\/plantsbytess.com\/products\/alocasia-alba-albo-white-variegated-collector-alocasia","provider":"Plant.ess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}