Alocasia cuprea ID needed

From: Don Martinson llmen at execpc.com> on 2000.10.02 at 01:44:41(5492) I have a small plant that I received labeled as Alocasia cuprea. It is pictured at the following: http://www.execpc.com/~llmen/alocasiacuprea.jpg The veination doesn't seem as deeply set as plants I've seen and the underside of the leaf is definitely not red-violet (per Hortus III). Is this plant misidentified or do these features take time to develop more fully? -- Don Martinson +More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@execpc.com

From: "Dany Hervelle" bs246466 at skynet.be> on 2000.10.02 at 19:55:16(5496) Hello! No,your plant is not a cuprea,it is a clypeolata (Hay).This plant is sometime +More name a 'green cuprea' or 'green shield',but no rapport with the specie a cuprea exept the form of the limb! Dany Hervelle

From: "Michael Pascall" mpascall at eisa.net.au> on 2000.10.02 at 19:55:31(5497) It is not the true A.cuprea , it is often called 'Green Shields' or green cuprea here in Australia, but found out it is now correctly known as Alocasia clypeolata. +More It is very prolific planted out here ! from 1 clump I could pick up many,many corms. It rarely goes dormant and is an asset in the gardens here. Michael Pascall

From: Pugturd at aol.com on 2000.10.02 at 19:56:18(5500) what you have their is called green shield. hope this helps.

From: Krzysztof Kozminski kk at kozminski.com> on 2000.10.02 at 19:56:34(5501) On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Don Martinson wrote: > I have a small plant that I received labeled as Alocasia cuprea. It > is pictured at the following: > http://www.execpc.com/~llmen/alocasiacuprea.jpg +More > > The veination doesn't seem as deeply set as plants I've seen and the > underside of the leaf is definitely not red-violet (per Hortus III). > Is this plant misidentified or do these features take time to develop > more fully? Your plant looks to me very similar to Alocasia clypeolata (see http://www.kozminski.com/Araceae/Alocasia/clypeolata.html). KK ==================== "Microsoft is to software what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking" Krzysztof Kozminski kk@kozminski.com http://www.kozminski.com/

Note: this is a very old post, so no reply function is available.