Ceratostema Gualaquizensis rare alocasia Not ideal for flowering plants

Not ideal for flowering plants (low phosphorus reduces blooms)

and dark velvet constitution with the vivid venation brilliance of the besseae lineage — producing elongated

Light: Bright indirect light for the deepest velvet coloration

An extraordinary and vanishingly rare form of the already coveted Paraiso Verde

and black-tipped

Ceratostema Gualaquizensis rare alocasia Not ideal for flowering plantsCeratostema Gualaquizensis Formally described in 2024 in Phytotaxa by Jimnez, Garzn Surez, and colleagues based on specimens from the Gualaquiza area of Morona Santiago province in southeastern Ecuador a region that has proven to be one of the richest sites for undescribed Andean Ericaceae discoveries in recent years. The species was for a period circulating in trade under erroneous names, a situation the describing authors specifically addressed in