Patent attributes
A new and distinct Alocasia cultivar named ‘ALO5’ is disclosed, characterized by medium to large size, very vigorous growth with strong basal shoot production. The new variety has very thick, sagittate leaf blades with veins surrounded with silver shadowing and contrasting light pink petioles with distinctive brown streaks. The new variety is very easy to grow under low and high light conditions and well as low and high temperature conditions and is commercially suitable for 8 to 10 inch pot production from a single tissue culture plantlet. The new variety is an Alocasia, typically produced as an ornamental plant.