Re: Alocasia araceae

From: Lester Kallus lkallus at earthlink.net> on 2001.03.23 at 21:24:39(6066) From the description of this Alocasia, though, it sounds like something described by a college kid in the late 60s. The individual who witnessed these splashes of lavender , yellow, white, and pink on its leaves may have been ingesting something other than giberillic acid. Les +More At 08:22 AM 3/23/2001 -0600, you wrote: >Surely there is a simple explanation - the catalogue maker is not too >familiar with scientific nomenclature, and is just saying "Alocasia >(Araceae)" - giving the family name and not committing to any further i.d. >than the genus of the plant. [Note that I am refraining from any snotty >comment about people's unwillingness to become comfortable with scientific >names.] derek >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dany Hervelle" >To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" >Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:20 PM >Subject: Re: Alocasia araceae > > > > Hello Gabe and list! > > I don't know nothing about alocasia araceae,but if someone know i may be > > really happy > > to know too.Is this a new species or a new variety? > > Regards to all > > > > Dany > > > > > >

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