RE: [Aroid-l] New Dark Alocasia

From: "Alistair Hay" <ajmhay at hotmail.com> on 2007.05.27 at 00:16:33(15726) What a wonderful-looking plant! If its not a hybrid it certainly looks like alba or sarawakensis. I was interested to see you say it was not alba: not disagreeing with you, but why not? Alistair +More From: LARIANN GARNER Reply-To: Discussion of aroids To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.comSubject: [Aroid-l] New Dark AlocasiaDate: Sat, 26 May 2007 17:16:57 -0400>Fellow Aroiders,>>I found this Alocasia at a mom n'pop nursery in south Florida; I had >gone there because they seemed to have a lot of Colocasias and >Alocasias. This plant stopped me in my tracks, and of course I got >one for my work at Aroidia. Has anyone ever seen this plant or know >the species? I'm confident it is not Alocasia plumbea Nigra, or the >one people are calling "Jurassic Dark", which is supposed to be a >variety of Alocasia plumbea Nigra.>>I think that it is a chimeric variegant of Alocasia sarawakensis, >based on morphological similarities. Once I see it bloom, I will >know for sure.>>Here's the link:>>http://aroidia.com/asarawdk.htm>>Thanks!>LariAnn>Aroidia Research>_______________________________________________>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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