A 2-to-3-foot tall, velvet-leaved elephant ear, Frydek is a variety of Alocasia micholitziana from Malaysia. Provide filtered light and coarse, moist, organically enriched sites. Available online.

When elephant ear plants are mentioned, I picture immense species such as giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizas), which grows 15 feet tall, or the 4-foot dasheen (Colocasia esculenta), widely naturalized ...

Here’s how to care for this beautiful houseplant. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann If you’ve noticed a striking alocasia houseplant everywhere recently, you may be tempted to add it to your collection ...