Alocasia 'Californica'

From: "Abri1973 (wp.pl)" abri1973 at wp.pl> on 2005.12.18 at 22:57:57(13618) Hello, Does anybody know what is the proper name of Alocasia 'Californica'. Is it a species or a cultivar? If a species - where it comes from? Regards +More Marek Argent _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Steve Ritchey" sritchey at shreve.net> on 2005.12.19 at 01:19:48(13619) Hi Marek, I'm surprised this question has come up from so far away since I thought it was just a local problem. A. gageana is a popular nursery plant sold as Colocasia "California" in Texas. Perhaps someone that realized it wasn't a Colocasia adapted and started calling it Alocasia "California"? I can't find anydifference between the Colocasia (Alocasia) "California" sold in Texas and the species A. gageana sold in Florida. This is a little on the nutty side. Do you know what I mean? Steve +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 4:57 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] Alocasia 'Californica' Hello, Does anybody know what is the proper name of Alocasia 'Californica'. Is it a species or a cultivar? If a species - where it comes from? Regards Marek Argent _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/205 - Release Date: 12/16/2005 _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Ken Mosher ken at spatulacity.com> on 2005.12.19 at 02:04:49(13620) Hi Marek, Any time you see a plant name with the last part in single quotes you're dealing with a named cultivar. The cultivar may be a hybrid or a species with a chosen trait such as petiole color, flower color, leaf variation, larger or smaller size than normal, etc. I might have forgotten or be ignorant of some details which I'm sure another will correct. +More -Ken Abri1973 (wp.pl) wrote: Hello, Does anybody know what is the proper name of Alocasia 'Californica'. Is it a species or a cultivar? If a species - where it comes from? Regards Marek Argent _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Abrimaal" abrimaal at wp.pl> on 2005.12.19 at 02:53:40(13622) Hi Ken and everyone here, I've just found a name - it is Alocasia odora 'California' (not Californica), but maybe they are 2 different plants? Marek +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 3:04 AM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Alocasia 'Californica' Hi Marek, Any time you see a plant name with the last part in single quotes you're dealing with a named cultivar. The cultivar may be a hybrid or a species with a chosen trait such as petiole color, flower color, leaf variation, larger or smaller size than normal, etc. I might have forgotten or be ignorant of some details which I'm sure another will correct. -Ken Abri1973 (wp.pl) wrote: Hello, Does anybody know what is the proper name of Alocasia 'Californica'. Is it a species or a cultivar? If a species - where it comes from? Regards Marek Argent _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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