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Alocasia, Colocasia, Xanthosoma et al
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From: The Thaumaturgist asitkghosh at yahoo.com> on 2003.01.31 at 22:34:51(9909)
Julius
That what I had started to do last fall. I bought every kind of
tuber that I could buy from Supermarkets, Farmer's Markets, Flea
Markets and then I had planted them after tagging the pot. I
retained the names given by the stores until you experts can
verify from the photos later on. I had been taking photos as
they are growing. So far I have,
Eddoe
Alocasia Macrorrhiza
Malanga "Lila"
Malanga "Blanca"
Colocasia Esculenta
Malanga "Islena"
Alocasia indica
More later..........
Asit K. Ghosh
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Rockledge, Florida
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--- Julius Boos wrote:
Dear Friends,
>
> Just a word and a quick note which I feel sure Eduardo will confirm
> re: the cultivated Xanthosomas---CONFUSION.
> At the moment here in S. Florida there are several Xanthosoma vars.
> being
> sold as food CHEAP and by the lb. at Winn Dixie, Publix, and other
> food
> stores. There is the 'white' Xanthosoma grown in Miami, dear to
> us
> Trinidadians heart because of its special texture when cooked.
> Then there
> is another labled as coming from Costa Rica that had brownish
> 'scales'
> covering the growing tip that has a SLIGHT lilac 'tint' at the base
> of the
> scales. Then there is the 'red co co' sold mainly in Jamaican
> stores at a
> substantially higher price. Then there is the rarer
> yellow-fleshed one
> sold in Hispanic stores, said to be a 'special' one used
> seasonally.
> In an attempt to TRY to clear up some of the confusion surrounding
> these
> plants, I am starting to buy and cultivate the different ones, my
> hope is to
> grow them to flowering and photograph the blooms, tubers, etc. to
> assist
> Eduardo in his research on this problematic group. There are also
> number
> of Colocasia var. tubers sold in some stores, the eddoes, and many
> (at least
> three) vars. of dasheen or taro.
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From: "MJ Hatfield" mjhatfield at oneota.org> on 2003.02.01 at 11:42:46(9912)
I think somebody in the Miami area (or any big city with access to these
edible tubers, priced by the pound) could make some money by buying up
tubers and reselling them, with appropriate mark ups, to those of us out in
the hinterlands who haven't access to big city markets.
MJ Hatfield
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From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2003.02.01 at 22:19:38(9913)
Dear Asit,
If possible try to find a Jamaican grocery and ask for 'red co co', I will
be very interested to compare this to the ones being imported from Costa
Rica and Guatemala in Cen. America, which also have a red 'tinge' of color
but to a much lesser extent than the Jamaican 'red co co'. The Cen.
AMerican may be the 'malanga' lilac', and may be different from both the
Jamaican form/species/var., and from the 'malanga blanca'. I am certain
that in the long term all this growing information will prove invaluable to
Dr.Eduardo Goncalves in his research.
If 'push comes to shove' let me know and I will send you a couple 'red co
co' rhizomes.
Julius
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WPB,
FLORIDA
<
That what I had started to do last fall. I bought every kind of
tuber that I could buy from Supermarkets, Farmer's Markets, Flea
Markets and then I had planted them after tagging the pot. I
retained the names given by the stores until you experts can
verify from the photos later on. I had been taking photos as
they are growing. So far I have,
Eddoe
Alocasia Macrorrhiza
Malanga "Lila"
Malanga "Blanca"
Colocasia Esculenta
Malanga "Islena"
Alocasia indica
More later..........
Asit K. Ghosh
Rockledge, Florida<<
===============================================================
--- Julius Boos wrote:
Dear Friends,
>
> Just a word and a quick note which I feel sure Eduardo will confirm
> re: the cultivated Xanthosomas---CONFUSION.
> At the moment here in S. Florida there are several Xanthosoma vars.
> being
> sold as food CHEAP and by the lb. at Winn Dixie, Publix, and other
> food
> stores. There is the 'white' Xanthosoma grown in Miami, dear to
> us
> Trinidadians heart because of its special texture when cooked.
> Then there
> is another labled as coming from Costa Rica that had brownish
> 'scales'
> covering the growing tip that has a SLIGHT lilac 'tint' at the base
> of the
> scales. Then there is the 'red co co' sold mainly in Jamaican
> stores at a
> substantially higher price. Then there is the rarer
> yellow-fleshed one
> sold in Hispanic stores, said to be a 'special' one used
> seasonally.
> In an attempt to TRY to clear up some of the confusion surrounding
> these
> plants, I am starting to buy and cultivate the different ones, my
> hope is to
> grow them to flowering and photograph the blooms, tubers, etc. to
> assist
> Eduardo in his research on this problematic group. There are also
> number
> of Colocasia var. tubers sold in some stores, the eddoes, and many
> (at least
> three) vars. of dasheen or taro.
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