[Aroid-l] Alocasia reticulata and an introduction

From: chadmayer at yahoo.com (Chad Mayer) on 2008.02.29 at 16:40:08(17106) Hi all. Ive joined a few new groups over the last few weeks and couldnt remember if I introduced myself yet or not, so..... My name is Chad Mayer and I reside in Tempe, AZ. I come to aroids via amphibians (sounds weird, but actually makes some sense). I keep several species of tropical dart frogs, and this has led me to investigate tropical plants in general, and Ive been bitten by the aroid bug pretty bad. I have a temperature controlled greenhouse attached to my house which allows me about 9-10 months a year of solid growth time of many tender tropicals. Currently, Im cultivating several philodendrons and a few anthurium species, but also have a few alocascia. I also 'do' bananas, berries, and a few other standard type plants.... Now to my point. Ive tried a few times to grow this Alocasia, but have rotted them every time. It seems that this variety needs a greater airflow around the roots that is normal on Alocasias Ive grown in the past. But, I usually have some trouble with TC plants, which is how this is produced, so that may in fact be the complicating factor. Ill probably try again later this year when some larger specimens are available, but Ive killed two in the past year thru a rot of some sort. Would love to know of any tips or tricks to keeping this cultivar healthy. Chad +More aroid-l-request at gizmoworks.com wrote: Send Aroid-L mailing list submissions to aroid-l at www.gizmoworks.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to aroid-l-request at www.gizmoworks.com You can reach the person managing the list at aroid-l-owner at www.gizmoworks.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Aroid-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Alocasia reticulata?? (ExoticRainforest) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:10:31 -0600 From: "ExoticRainforest" Subject: [Aroid-l] Alocasia reticulata?? To: "Discussion of aroids" Message-ID: <000b01c87a2c$d38a1210$6401a8c0 at AthlonLE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" This specimen was given to me by collector Teri Baber with the tag "Alocasia reticulata". However, even though I've found this plant on the web with that name, I cannot find a species with the name on any of the botanical sources. Would one of you Alocasia experts out there tell me if this is a species or possibly a hybrid? I'm also curious if the name possibly originated in one of Graf's books. If it is a species, what is the correct name. And if the name Alocasia reticulata is a hybrid name can someone direct me to the source? It appears to resemble Alocasia zebrina but I can't be certain. Thanks! Steve Lucas www.ExoticRainforest.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080228/ec47fe18/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Alocasia-reticulata-2.gif Type: image/gif Size: 36199 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080228/ec47fe18/attachment.gif ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l End of Aroid-L Digest, Vol 43, Issue 27 *************************************** --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080229/bfc07eb5/attachment-0001.htm

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