Cyrtosperma Species

Per Irene Ngoo at Min's Garden @tropicaljungle in Singapore:
"A flush of new leaves on this more than 20-year-old Cyrtosperma john...Read Morestonii, a semi-aquatic tropical aroid which looks like a pre-historic type of Alocasia. It has prickly reddish pink stems and large lobed leaves which are green with blood red veining. This shade lover likes water and can be grown near a pond or as a bog plant. Flowers are upright, typical spath type which is cream inside with a pink spadix and a black hood. Leaves can get 2'-4' long and bigger. Originated from Southeast Asia and some Pacific Islands. This is growing in my backgarden and has reached its maximum height of over 5ft."

This erect aroid has green saggitate leaves with red veins and a spiny petiole. It is a bog plant needing constant moisture and organic ...Read Moresoil. It is native to the Solomon Islands.