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Leaf detail

A single leaf, close enough to read its structure.

A single Alocasia azlanii leaf seen from above: dark green with a coppery sheen, veined in fine pink lines, and glossy enough to catch the window. A smaller, brighter leaf sits behind it, both held out over a glass vessel of pale clay pebbles and moss. One Alocasia baginda 'Dragon Scale' leaf held flat to the camera and filling the frame, its surface quilted into puckered dark-green panels between pale sunken veins. A close crop of a 'Dragon Scale' leaf at the midrib, pale veins branching away on either side between panels of puckered green tissue, the whole surface finely pebbled. A single Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' Variegata leaf that emerged entirely white, hanging front-on with its arrowhead shape and quilted veining picked out in relief, green sibling leaves behind it. A Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' Variegata leaf split roughly along its length, the upper half dark green flecked with cream and the lower half solid white, over a glass pot of clay pebbles. A wholly white Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' Variegata leaf photographed against the light, every vein and quilted panel visible through the blade, the glass pot and its clay pebbles blurred behind. A tight crop of an all-white Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' Variegata leaf, filling the frame with its raised veins and the soft folds between them, with no green anywhere on the blade. A Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' Variegata leaf seen from the side, its upper half mottled dark green and grey-green over cream, the lower half fading to plain white. A close view along a Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' Variegata leaf, pale veins dividing it into panels, dark green blocks giving way to broad white sections toward the leaf edge. A Alocasia micholitziana 'Frydek' Variegata leaf divided almost exactly down its midrib — solid dark green on one side, solid white on the other, with the boundary running the length of the leaf. A single Alocasia nebula leaf from above, thick and almost matte silver-grey, with darker green veins branching from a pale midrib out to a thin green margin. An Alocasia nebula leaf after watering, beads and runs of water caught along the sunken veins on one side of the midrib and glossy where the silver-grey surface is wet. Hoya carnosa 'Compacta' close up, its thick leaves folded and twisted tightly along the stem so both faces of each leaf show at once, growing in a terracotta pot topped with coarse grit. A hanging length of Hoya carnosa 'Compacta', the leaves folded back on themselves along the stem into a continuous twisted rope of green and pale cream. A large aroid leaf with prominent white veins crossing the dark green tissue. Dense clustered leaves with white-edged variegation and deep burgundy centers. A close, letterboxed crop of two slipper orchid leaves, their surfaces chequered in light and dark green, with the tip of a dark purple flower bud standing between them. Two Monstera albo leaves, one half green and half pure white, the other largely white with green flecks, against a dark wall. A Monstera albo leaf split almost exactly down the midrib, deep green on one side and clean white on the other. A large Monstera albo leaf, mostly white with green sectors along one edge, held out over a pot of bark. A focus-stacked close view of a Monstera albo leaf where cream and dark green meet, the boundary running raggedly across the blade. A focus-stacked crop of a Monstera albo leaf, a hard line dividing solid green from solid white along the veins. A Monstera deliciosa leaf photographed from below, its yellow-green midrib and lateral veins lit through the blade, holes scattered either side. A broad Monstera deliciosa leaf with deep marginal splits and rows of oval holes, seen against a pale indoor background. A Monstera deliciosa leaf held toward the camera, its splits and oval holes arranged along a pale midrib. A single Philodendron 'Florida Ghost' leaf hanging front-on in sunlight, still the pale chartreuse of a recently emerged leaf, its long central lobe and swept-back side lobes lit from behind. A mature Philodendron 'Florida Ghost' leaf in deep glossy green, hanging in front of the pot with paler younger leaves behind it, showing the colour the ghost-white growth eventually turns. A tight crop of a newly emerged Philodendron 'Florida Ghost' leaf, almost entirely white with only a faint green wash along the midrib and the finest green veining across the blade. A Monstera 'Thai Constellation' leaf speckled and streaked cream over green, its holes cut along either side of the midrib. A close view along a Thai Constellation leaf, cream flecks scattered dense across the green blade between the veins. A Thai Constellation leaf hanging with one broad cream sector along its edge, oval holes cut through the green. A young unfenestrated Thai Constellation leaf, rounded and heavily speckled cream, held against a pale background. A focus-stacked Thai Constellation leaf, one half green flecked with cream and the other a solid pale sector, sharp across the whole blade. Two naupaka rosettes growing low in coarse grass, their thick pale-green leaves arranged in flat spirals. A monstera growing outdoors, its large fenestrated leaves overlapping in dappled light. Water beaded across a broad green ti leaf, the drops catching the light along the leaf's ribs. A clump of aloe plants with long toothed grey-green leaves radiating out in overlapping rosettes. An agave seen from above, its thick grey-green leaves spiralling out from a pointed central bud. A silversword growing on red volcanic cinder, its dense rosette of narrow silver leaves radiating from the centre.