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title: "Just found this beautiful Alocasia at Home Depot: is it an Alocasia…"
description: "Just found this beautiful Alocasia at Home Depot: is it an Alocasia Dragon Scale Mint Variegation or something else? Thank you :)"
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community: "Plant Identification"
author: "Nikki"
published: "2026-04-01T21:05:56.032815Z"
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# Just found this beautiful Alocasia at Home Depot: is it an Alocasia…

_Posted by Nikki on 2026-04-01_

Just found this beautiful Alocasia at Home Depot: is it an Alocasia Dragon Scale Mint Variegation or something else? Thank you :)

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## 10 comments

### iBenchbuses commented on 2026-04-01

You lucky mother trucker!!! That’s a Dragon Scale Mint fore sure 😭

#### Nikki replied on 2026-04-01

THANK GOD!! I managed it for $20 😈😈

### Lisa Anglim commented on 2026-04-02

I just saw them for sale on Etsy. Looking to be the plant of the year.

#### Nikki replied on 2026-04-02

Thank goodness I found a pretty cheap one before it became a big fad

### Lisa Anglim commented on 2026-04-02

I think I’ll order one before the prices go up.

#### Nikki replied on 2026-04-02

You should! I put mine right in leca balls!

#### Lisa Anglim replied on 2026-04-02

I’ll do the same. I’m switching to pon, leca, or mini leca. As soon as I bring them into my house I’ll spray for pests and then move them into the quarantine room. The room is kept warm and I’ve got two grow lights with two wings each. So it’s a perfect place for new plants to be.

#### Nikki replied on 2026-04-02

Oh you know your stuff!! Must see the beauties you have!

#### Lisa Anglim replied on 2026-04-03

I still wing it but I’ve grown up and back in the 70’s I was into house plants. I moved into a perfect apartment that had a covered walk way so they were outside in November. Then I loved to Portland Oregon. The east winds are brutal and they hadn’t reached me where I lived. I put them out on my patio and tried to cover them with plastic to protect from the frost. It didn’t work I couldn’t bring them in cause none of them had trays under them. And to top it off my balcony faced north. Not good for growth. My next balcony faced south but had some 20 foot (or taller) trees blocking the sun from the plants. It was the biggest tree that bloomed non stop during the summer but anywhere you looked on this tree you’d see honey bees buzzing around on it. So plants have been in and out for years. I only hope that practice makes perfect. It also helps to grow what you know.

### Plant nana commented on 2026-04-03

Sooo cool

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