[Aroid-l] Alocasia X "Amazonica"

From: <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2009.11.15 at 23:39:30 Dear All=2C I only just got the information I was seeking from John Banta concerning the origin of the hybrid Alocasia X "Amazonica". =3B It was created in Miami in the mid-to-late 1950`s (?) by a mailman named Salvatori Mauro at his nursery=2C Amazon Nursery. =3B The ORIGINAL parentage was A. sanderiana X A. watsoniana. (Subsequently to this=2C John tells me there is an aroid species named in his honor=2C A. mauroii (?). Both the late Monroe Birdsey AND John were friends of his=2C and visited his nursery to see what back then was an exciting event and a beautiful plant! =3B John will be putting a hard-copy in snail-mail to be tomorrow=2C so I will add to this when it arrives. From what I have been reading=2C it might be that a couple of ''re-creations'' might have been made using different species of Alocasia in recent years?? But the bottom line is that none of the Andre men described this hybrid=2C it was created in Miami!!! =3B If anyone who MIGHT have what they believe may be valid information or GOOD references to literature where it is said "Andre" published=2C let us know! Good Growing=2C Julius --_cfaee836-4034-45b5-a5a3-69d99be7d719_----===============6363665686797847958==

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