{"product_id":"alocasia-macrorrhiza-stingray-albo-variegated-u22","title":"Alocasia Macrorrhiza 'Stingray' Albo Variegated (wk33-U22)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAlocasia macrorrhizos 'Stingray' gets its name honestly. The leaf tapers into a long, curling drip tip that really does look like a ray's tail trailing off the back end, and it's one of the more recognizable silhouettes in the genus once you've seen it. This albo variegated line is a variegated sport of that cultivar, throwing leaves in anything from a clean half moon split to nearly full cream, like the almost entirely white leaf on this plant, with just a narrow green wedge holding on at the base. The species itself, sometimes called giant taro, has been grown across Southeast Asia and the Pacific for a very long time, historically as a food crop once the corm is cooked long enough to break down its calcium oxalate content. The white tissue has no chlorophyll, so it can't photosynthesize, and a plant carrying that much non-productive leaf would be at a real disadvantage against an all-green sibling in its native range. It's exactly the kind of trait that would work against a plant outdoors, which is why lines like this are maintained deliberately through cultivation rather than found growing on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe propagate our line from a single mother plant, working off corm divisions rather than tissue culture, so the variegation pattern you get traces back to one known parent instead of a lab-grown batch. Ours are grown in a chunky bark and perlite mix that drains fast, potted a size up from what looks proportional so the roots have room before the next repot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExact Plant Info: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"overflow-x: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 400px; max-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; margin: 0px auto; height: 78.422px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6055px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 4px; width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 19.6055px;\"\u003ePot Size:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 4px; width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 19.6055px;\"\u003e2.5\" x 2.5\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6055px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 4px; width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 19.6055px;\"\u003eHeight:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 19.6055px;\"\u003e7\" with pot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6055px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 4px; width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 19.6055px;\"\u003eSoil Media:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 4px; width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 19.6055px;\"\u003eRPF Soil Mix\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6055px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 4px; width: 50%; height: 19.6055px; text-align: center;\"\u003eLongest Leaf Length: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 4px; width: 50%; height: 19.6055px; text-align: center;\"\u003e3\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rare Plant Fairy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45116862595280,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/1481\/6720\/files\/AlocasiaStingrayalbo-33U22-3.jpg?v=1786714562","url":"https:\/\/www.rareplantfairy.com\/products\/alocasia-macrorrhiza-stingray-albo-variegated-u22","provider":"Rare Plant Fairy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}