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title: "Does anyone know what this is? It tells me it’s a purple sword…"
description: "Does anyone know what this is? It tells me it’s a purple sword Alocasia but I’m not 100% sure that’s correct… 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️"
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author: "KaylaK206"
published: "2025-01-11T15:19:21.214015Z"
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# Does anyone know what this is? It tells me it’s a purple sword…

_Pubblicato da KaylaK206 il 2025-01-11_

Does anyone know what this is? It tells me it’s a purple sword Alocasia but I’m not 100% sure that’s correct… 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️

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## 3 commenti

### PhiloFox ha commentato il 2025-01-11

philodendron of some sort?

### Tracy Ream ha commentato il 2025-01-11

It is a Lauterbachiana also known as purple sword Alocasia.

### Plantgirly ha commentato il 2025-01-11

I think it might be a variegated purple sword. The leaves don’t have the super defined wavy edges so it may be hard to recognize. Give it more indirect light to increase the variegation

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