Re: Alocasias, Colocasias and Frost?

From: Bob Burns bobburns61 at yahoo.com> on 2001.04.25 at 02:26:32(6261) About the frost hardiness... I've grown both colocasia and alocasia, though of undetermined species, in our US Zone 8 climate (with winter minimum down to at least -10C for short periods) Ideally the plants would be of mature size before expecting them to survive well, and not too soggy as cold comes on. Frequently a large Alocasia will not recover its main growing point after a hard winter but will send up small shoots from the sides, forming a clump of smaller plants that might take a few years to reach blooming size. I have only had an Alocasia bloom once or twice in this climate in ten years. If you decide to pot them, remember not to keep them really wet if they must endure coolness. Some kinds have a rhizome but others, the Colocasias I'm thinking of, sometimes don't, or at least not till they are quite big. Bob Burns +More Macon, Georgia, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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