Re: Spectacular Aroids #3

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1997.08.25 at 20:10:23(1093) Now, there is a black Alocasia. It has a black matt finish on the leaf and the veins are sort of a silver to platinum color... It was one that was found by someone at a Botanical Garden. It wass found in Borneo. It is available and listed in Spectacular Aroids #1. Dewey +More >To add to the confusion, I've seen a (?this) plant listed as a black Alocasia! > Les > >At 10:03 AM 8/25/97 -0500, you wrote: >>>From Dewey's post: >> >>> Xanthosoma sp. "Blackie" The Black one that everybody is talking >>> about. The leaf is so black that it looks like black velour. >>> >> >>Have we been talking about a black Xanthosoma recently? I know there's >>been a lot of discussion of Colocasia "black magic". Is the Xanthosoma >>yet another black-leaved plant? As I mentioned several months ago, I >>saw a Xanthosoma violacea at Kew Gardens that had almost black leaves >>(huge ones, too), although what is sold as Xanthosoma violacea around >>here always has green leaves. Incidentally, a friend of mine (not on >>the list) told me about a recent program on one of those "home and >>garden" t.v. shows. Seems they mentioned a *black caladium*, and were >>recommending it for the home gardener. Is there a black caladium, a >>black Xanthosoma, and a black colocasia (black magic), or are people >>debating the correct name? >> >>Clarence Hester >> >> >> Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE

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