Colocasia plant named ‘Painted Black Gecko’

Abstract

A new cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘Painted Black Gecko’, that is characterized by its clump forming, medium-sized plant habit growing 1.2 to 1.5 m in height, its leaves that are very dark purple-black in color with a blue metallic sheen, its leaves with lower surfaces that are dark maroon in color, its petioles that are dark purple-black in color, its healthy root system that is that is resilient to cold in U.S.D.A. Zone 7, and its production of tubers as it ages.

It is claimed: 
     
       1. A new and distinct cultivar of  Colocasia  plant named ‘Painted Black Gecko’ as herein illustrated and described.