Alocasia Cucullata Care: Light, Water and Propagation
The Lab | Alocasia Cucullata Care Alocasia cucullata, sold as Chinese taro or Buddha’s hand, is the easy-going little cousin of the giant elephant ears. … Read more
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Alocasia macrorrhizos Care: How to Grow a Giant Taro Indoors
The Lab | Alocasia macrorrhizos (giant taro) Alocasia macrorrhizos care indoors comes down to bright indirect light, warmth, generous watering in summer and a cool, … Read more
Alocasia Black Velvet Care: How to Keep It Healthy Indoors
The Urban Lab | Care Protocol Alocasia Black Velvet (Alocasia reginula) needs bright, indirect light, a free-draining houseplant compost, high humidity and temperatures that stay … Read more
Alocasia Zebrina Care: Light, Water and Yellow Leaves
The Lab | Alocasia Zebrina Care Alocasia zebrina is grown for its stems: tall leaf stalks banded in black and cream like a zebra, topped … Read more
Philodendron Prince of Orange Care: Keep the Orange Color
The Lab | Philodendron Prince of Orange Care Philodendron ‘Prince of Orange’ is a compact, self-heading hybrid whose new leaves open bright orange and turn … Read more
Heartleaf Philodendron Care: Light, Water and Propagation
The Lab | Heartleaf Philodendron Care The heartleaf philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum) is one of the easiest houseplants there is: a fast trailing or climbing vine … Read more
Philodendron White Knight Care: Light, Browning, Reversion
The Lab | Philodendron White Knight Care Philodendron ‘White Knight’ is a climbing philodendron with dark green leaves splashed with white, on dark red to … Read more
Monstera Albo Care: Light, Brown Leaves and Reversion
The Lab | Monstera Albo Care Monstera Albo care is ordinary Monstera care with two extra jobs: protecting the white tissue and removing reverted growth. … Read more
Monstera Dubia Care: How to Grow It Up a Plank
The Lab | Monstera Dubia Care Monstera dubia is the “shingle plant”: a climbing aroid whose young leaves grow pressed flat against the trunk or … Read more