Indoors
Alocasia (elephant ear)
Alocasia × amazonica
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
Alocasia 'Amazonica' is a hybrid bred in Florida in the mid-20th century; despite the name, it does not come from the Amazon. It has dark, arrow-shaped leaves with pale veins. In winter it may drop some leaves and rest, and in dry air spider mites attack it easily.
Alocasia (elephant ear) and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- calcium oxalates: burning and irritation of the mouth, lips and tongue, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
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Care
- Watering
- about every 5 days in summer (April to September), every 10 in winter
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- high
- Temperature
- 18–28 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 3 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
Fussy: it likes warmth, humid air and evenly moist soil. In winter it may drop its leaves and rest.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.