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jammi
Olympia, WA
October 28, 2009
01:28 PM Post #7217170
| Help? 
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
October 28, 2009
01:52 PM Post #7217241
| It's an Alocasia. Maybe Alocasia sanderiana. |
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)
October 28, 2009
03:14 PM Post #7217479
| I don't know how to tell one Alocasia from another but it looks like one commonly sold in the house plant section of our Garden Centers called "Polly": http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53992/ |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
October 28, 2009
08:06 PM Post #7218373
| Hi Dave and Lin.
My vote is, Alocasia x amazonica with the cultivar possible being "Polly". |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
October 28, 2009
09:23 PM Post #7218670
| Looks like the leaves are purple beneath. Wouldn't that lean towards Alocasia sanderiana, rather than it's related hybrid? |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
October 28, 2009
09:34 PM Post #7218706
| Hi Dave and so are the other two that I mentioned as well. I am not familiar with Alocasia sanderiana. I am still sticking with Alocasia x amazonica;-)
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
October 28, 2009
09:55 PM Post #7218769
| Hi Rachel! Alocasia sanderiana is a parent of A. x amazonica. I've been looking at photos of both on Google, they are very similar, and I think some of the photos are mixed up. |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
October 28, 2009
10:03 PM Post #7218794
| Maybe so Dave, do you have a picture of a true Alocasia sanderiana that you can add? The sanderiana appear's to have a more slender leaf shafe with more indention's on the foliage vs. the original poster's Alocasia. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
October 28, 2009
10:32 PM Post #7218901
| Thanks Rachel! I see what you're talking about.
A. x amazonica has very dark green leaves with white veins & margins. Didn't know it had purple backed leaves as well.
A sanderiana has more of a metallic green leaf, with gray-green veins & margins (as seen below). It also has deeper lobes.
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RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
October 28, 2009
10:40 PM Post #7218939
| I am alway's willing to be corrected Dave. You are more knowledgable than I am when it come's to plant's. Thank's
Rachel
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plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)
October 28, 2009
10:47 PM Post #7218973
| and me .. I just take wild guesses most of the time, which I know I shouldn't do because so many plants look a lot alike! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
October 28, 2009
11:02 PM Post #7219033
| So then, Jammi can mark this thread solved with Alocasia x amazonica? |
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)
October 28, 2009
11:05 PM Post #7219045
| I'd say yes. |
Alistair
Nowra, NSW,
Australia
(Zone 9b)
November 3, 2009
06:34 PM Post #7238436
| Most plants offered as "Alocasia sanderiana" are hybrids..., but the real thing has narrow, very deeply divided leaves.
This one appears not to be a hybrid: http://bellsouthpwp.net/g/m/gmb1329/Alo3.jpg |
dixiegril
Jesup, GA
November 3, 2009
07:27 PM Post #7238611
| Well looks like I dropped in on the tail end of this. Hi rachel,Hi Dave, Hi Lin. You are in good hands Jammi. |
