RE: Cultivars of Alocasia x amazonica

From: Wilbert Hetterscheid <hetter at vkc.nl> on 1998.10.22 at 14:29:04(2714) Dear Julius, Thanks for the info on the epithet amazonica. Let's face it, this thing should have been published as a cultivar in the first place (Alocasia 'Amazonica') and not as a hybrid "species" with a Latin binomen. Anyway, this suggests that the whole thing may in fact be one clone. Clonal mutations may have arisen in time and that is what I need to know. If this thing never mutates or has mutated, then there is no reason to suspect new cultivars from within it. Cheers, Wilbert +More > ---------- > From: Julius Boos[SMTP:ju-bo@email.msn.com] > Reply To: aroid-l@mobot.org > Sent: donderdag 22 oktober 1998 0:07 > To: hetter@vkc.nl > Subject: Re: Cultivars of Alocasia x amazonica > > Dear Wilbert, > Just a note on this Alocasia-- A few years aback, I believe it was > John > Banta that published a most interesting note in the newsletter of the > IAS on > this hybrid and the reason for its name. If I remember correctly, the > breeder owned a nursery here in florida, and the nurseries name was > "Amazonica", and he named his creation after his nursery. This will > clear > up this hybrids name. Maybe MOBOT or someone who keeps an archive of > the > IAS newsletters could pull the article up if needed. > Cheers, > Julius > ju-bo@msn.com > > > > > > > >

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