Re: Message forwarded from outside the listserver

From: "Paul Sullivan" <paulsull at sunline.net> on 1999.07.01 at 19:15:48(3482) I have Alocasia zebrina, oor what was identified as such. I believe I bought it at Tropiflora in Sarasota, Fl. It is beautiful; I don not know if it is the variety he is looking for. +More ---------- > From: Clarence Hester > To: paulsull@sunline.net > Subject: Re: Message forwarded from outside the listserver > Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 11:40 PM > > Lester, > > I'm pretty sure that Fairchild in Miami has Alocasia zebrina if I recall > correctly, so it is not just at Sarasota. It is indeed a beautiful plant. > > Clarence Hester > > Lester Kallus wrote: > > > I received the following email message from JoeHerbMan@aol.com. He's > > asking for some information about a specific Alocasia. If anyone can help > > him out, you might want to email him directly since I don't believe he's a > > member of the aroid listserver. > > > > "Hello, I have in St. Petersburg, Florida. I saw your web-page this evening > > and was interested to know if you have any knowledge of a very rare > > Alocasia by the name of Alocasia zebrina var. Reticulata. If you can tell > > me any information. I would greatly appreciate it. I know that it is from > > Southeast Asia and was first introduced in 1985 to the US. 1,000 tissue > > cultures were made and were sent to a nursery in Homestead, FL. When > > Hurrican Andrew came through in 1992, it destroyed everyone of them except > > the original that remained at Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, where is > > remains today. I am told that it is a species and that the plant is under > > "lock and key," never to be removed from there. If you can help me, I would > > appreciated it. I need to know more about this plant. " > > > >

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