Re: Colocasia esculenta

From: Lester Kallus lkallus at earthlink.net> on 2000.03.08 at 02:58:20(4172) I purchase Xanthosoma violaceum at hispanic (predominantly Puerto Rican & Cuban) grocery stores under the name Yautia lila for approximate $3.50 a pound. The tubers sprout rapidly and grow into large plants with little fuss. I also found that a group that I didn't get around to planting last year (had grown in the summer of '98) is still viable and is about to sprout now that I've finally planted them a year and a half since harvesting. It's not bad for $3.50 a pound. Les +More At 09:52 PM 03/06/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Any Taro connoisseurs out there? Here on the west coast I have found a >supplier of 2 types of Hawaiian Colocasia esculenta, but they are used >mostly for poi. My husband is from Jamaica and he claims the Asian or >Polynesian varieties are too soft. I guess there is a "Red Coco" >(actually Xanthosoma violaceum?) that is grown in Jamaica. Does anyone >know if this is the variety that is popular in Jamaica? Does anyone >know where I could find a plant? Thanks for your help! > >Sharon > >

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