How to care for Alocasia Polly
Alocasia × amazonica 'Polly' · Araceae
A compact hybrid alocasia with dramatic, arrow-shaped leaves in glossy near-black green, edged and veined in bright white. It is a stunner with strong opinions: warmth, humidity, and even moisture, or it starts dropping leaves. Like many alocasias it may die back to its tuber in winter and resprout in spring — dormancy is not death. Water roughly every 5 days while it's growing (about every 12 in winter), give it bright, indirect light, kept above 61°F (16°C) — it wants humid air.
Care at a glance
Keep lightly and evenly moist in an airy mix during growth; if it goes dormant, water only sparingly until new shoots appear.
Bright indirect light close to a window; too dim and it sheds leaves one by one until few remain.
Quarter-to-half-strength balanced feed every 3 weeks while actively growing; none during dormancy.
Mistakes that kill this plant
- Tossing a dormant tuber that would have resprouted.
- Cold and wet at the same time — the classic alocasia killer.
- Ignoring spider mites until every leaf is stippled and lost.
Seasonal tips
- If it drops all leaves in winter, keep the tuber barely moist and warm — it usually returns in spring.
- Raise humidity before heating season to stay ahead of spider mites.
- Resume feeding only when new growth appears in spring.
Is it safe for pets?
We have Alocasia Polly recorded as toxic to cats and dogs.
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Toxicity here is informational, not a safety guarantee. Those are our own records, compiled by following the ASPCA's published toxic and non-toxic plant lists and Pet Poison Helpline's plant poison list rather than copied from them — confirm anything that matters against the ASPCA's published lists, which this one is matched to, or with your vet. If your pet ingested this plant, contact your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435.