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title: "My second Alocasia! My plant shop has it labeled as a Lauterbachiana…"
description: "My second Alocasia! My plant shop has it labeled as a Lauterbachiana purple sword. Planta doesn’t know that one exists…what should I label it in this app!?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/zlzfhqpFQqQR5Rz6rOrFxC"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "Mikel’s Plant Posse"
published: "2026-07-09T20:26:09.153455Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/p2JoTxsYMMu1I_M_-FU0kq3BTMZh6orYbGC2TXeoBEc/KJ9JDkavS5ytpfVpzkTWpw.webp?size=large"
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# My second Alocasia! My plant shop has it labeled as a Lauterbachiana…

_Posted by Mikel’s Plant Posse on 2026-07-09_

My second Alocasia! My plant shop has it labeled as a Lauterbachiana purple sword. Planta doesn’t know that one exists…what should I label it in this app!?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/p2JoTxsYMMu1I_M_-FU0kq3BTMZh6orYbGC2TXeoBEc/KJ9JDkavS5ytpfVpzkTWpw.webp?size=large)

## 1 comment

### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2026-07-09

It does look like a purple sword but if plants has this plant you could label it as this.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/bFRX8n-TTnXoXlmBLWvdfAYGYwjWpHTGYozwTEYca6Y/BXi5hNWtSoCWJtz9u2hZSg.webp?size=large)

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