Alocasia cuprea 'Red Secret'

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Product information "Alocasia cuprea 'Red Secret'"
Name: Alocasia cuprea, (H.Low ex Sankey) K.Koch 1861
Synonyms:

Alocasia metallica, (K.Koch) Hook. 1860
Caladium cupreum, K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
Caladium cupreum, Verschaff. 1861
Caladium metallicum, K.Koch 1857
Caladium veitchii, Hend.
Caladium veitchii, Hend. ex Hook.f. 1863
Gonatanthus cupreus, H.Low
Gonatanthus cupreus, H.Low ex Sankey 1859
Gonatanthus cupreus, K.Koch
Gonatanthus cupreus, infrasubsp. publ 1861

Etymology:

cupreus = copper coloured

Propagation: meristem
Origin: Borneo
Habitat:

the exact location is unknown. Terrestrial on Sabah.

Notes:

The description and naming is based on a plant that was cultivated and flowered at the nursery Hugh Low, Clapton, England. The normal form is shiny metallic, the variety 'Red Secret' offered here has deep dark red, coppery-metallic shimmering, highly glossy leaves.

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