Alocasia Chantrieri Aurea Corm Grown | Rare Yellow Variegated Alocasia

Alocasia × Chantrieri Aurea. The golden-variegated form of a historic metallic hybrid — wavy-edged, silver-veined shield leaves with a metallic sheen, broken here with warm gold. Corm-grown, now pushing its first leaf. This is a high-grade variegated specimen.

The cultivar

Alocasia × Chantrieri is one of the classic historic Alocasia hybrids — a cross of Alocasia cuprea and Alocasia sanderiana, first raised at the Chantrier brothers' nursery in France and described in 1887. It takes the metallic, coppery sheen and pale silver-white veining from cuprea, and the shaped, wavy-margined shield leaf with pronounced lobes from sanderiana, over a burgundy reverse. Upright, rhizomatous and vigorous once established.

The 'Aurea' is the golden-variegated form — warm yellow-to-gold sectoring over the metallic blade, chlorophyll-reduced and irregular, different on every leaf. The green still carries the plant, so the gold is the feature and the variegation to protect.

This specimen

• Stage: juvenile, corm-grown
• Leaves: 1
• Pot: 5cm
• Variegation: High-grade golden aurea
• Included: Inner pot
• Notes: Mother plant shown in the photos. Acclimated and ready to ship.

One specimen. Photographed as received. No restock.

Care, briefly

• Light: Bright indirect, and generous — the green carries the plant and light keeps the gold clean and the metallic sheen. Direct sun scorches the pale sectors.
• Water: Let the top of the mix dry before watering. Chantrieri is rot-prone from the rhizome, and the aurea compounds it — never wet feet.
• Humidity: 60%+. Golden edges brown fast in dry air.
• Mix: Chunky, well-draining aroid mix — airy at the roots.
• Warmth: 18–25°C. No cold draughts, nothing below 15°C.
• Pace: A corm-grown start means slow, steady early growth — give it time to build into the vigorous grower it becomes.

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