Colocasia esculenta 'Mojito' is the elephant ear that arrived in the most refreshingly chaotic variegation the genus has ever produced—those enormous, broadly heart-shaped leaves are splashed and streaked with irregular dark purple-black variegation against bright green in a pattern so unpredictably distributed it looks less like genetics and more like each enormous leaf was individually splattered by someone with very strong opinions about contrast and unlimited access to dark paint. She grows with serious tropical vigor, each new enormous leaf a completely different purple-and-green composition than the last, and the whole bold architectural specimen builds into something that makes a garden bed, patio container, or bright indoor space look like it was specifically designed around this one extraordinary plant. Bold, splattered, tropical, and entirely committed to being the most dramatically variegated elephant ear in the hobby.
Care Card
🌿 Light — Full sun to bright indirect; the more direct sun the more vivid and dramatic that dark purple splatter variegation stays against the bright green. Low light causes the purple markings to fade toward plain dark green and the whole chaotic contrast composition loses its most extraordinary quality.
💧 Water — Keep consistently and generously moist; those enormous leaves transpire heavily and she's significantly thirstier than most container plants by a considerable margin. Never let her dry out completely—drought stress causes immediate and visible wilting on leaves this large and this dramatically variegated.
💨 Humidity — Moderate to high, 55–70% preferred. Large leaf surface area means high transpiration demand; consistent moisture and humidity keeps those enormous splattered variegated leaves looking most lush and most dramatically contrasted at their full impressive scale.
🌡️ Temperature — 65–90°F. Keep above 50°F; bring indoors before frost. Loves warmth and produces her most vigorous and most dramatically splattered variegated growth in consistently warm tropical conditions.
🌱 Fertilizer — Balanced liquid fertilizer every 2 weeks during active spring and summer growth. Heavy feeder; consistent feeding supports the rapid large-leaf production and vivid purple splatter variegation that makes the Mojito so extraordinarily striking at the scale she's capable of reaching.
⚠️ Toxicity — Toxic to pets and humans. Calcium oxalate crystals cause serious oral irritation and swelling if ingested; keep away from children and animals.
🐣 Beginner Friendly? — Getting there. Thirsty, fast-growing, and needs good light and regular feeding—but more forgiving than many dramatically variegated large-format aroids and rewards effort with some of the most chaotically beautiful and most impressively scaled variegated foliage available in cultivation.
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PLEASE NOTE: What you see is the vibe — not the exact plant. 🌿 Each plant has its own personality (some a little more dramatic than others). Leaf shape, size, and variegation will vary, but pot size is consistent.
