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PerennialGirl
Winnipeg, MB
(Zone 4a)
September 11, 2005
12:07 PM Post #1752571
| A friend at the Florala swap gave me this. He moves it into the house for winter and it grows like crazy. Which one is it?
:) Donna
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City_Sylvia
Dallas, TX
September 12, 2005
10:16 AM Post #1754224
| One of the Alocasias...Black Magic? |
QueenB
Shepherd, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 14, 2005
07:53 AM Post #1758523
| It looks to me like Alocasia macrorrhiza. They get up to 5' tall. |
PerennialGirl
Winnipeg, MB
(Zone 4a)
September 14, 2005
08:17 AM Post #1758552
| I looked both them up and they don't look like mine.
:( Donna |
Badseed
Lynchburg, OH
(Zone 6a)
September 14, 2005
04:59 PM Post #1759445
| What about Alocasia plumbae? |
PerennialGirl
Winnipeg, MB
(Zone 4a)
September 14, 2005
08:49 PM Post #1759826
| I don't think it's this one either. No purple on the underside.
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QueenB
Shepherd, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 14, 2005
10:47 PM Post #1760098
| It's definitely an Alocasia, but keep in mind when looking these up, that the young leaves usually don't look all that much like the mature ones. They tend to have a rounder shape and less scalloping on the edges. |
Calalily
South Padre Island, TX
(Zone 10a)
September 15, 2005
11:33 AM Post #1760920
| It's hard to tell from the pictures, are the leaves apple green or are they more grey colored? If they are apple green it could be A. odora or A. odora california |
PerennialGirl
Winnipeg, MB
(Zone 4a)
September 15, 2005
02:49 PM Post #1761306
| I'll take a better picture of it in the light and post.
:) Donna |
PerennialGirl
Winnipeg, MB
(Zone 4a)
September 15, 2005
08:50 PM Post #1761969
| Here is a picture of the underside of the leaves.
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PerennialGirl
Winnipeg, MB
(Zone 4a)
September 20, 2005
10:12 PM Post #1772102
| Do you think it looks close to this one called ALOCASIA CALODORA - PERSIAN PALM ELEPHANT EAR?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=77129... |
Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
November 08, 2005
01:11 PM Post #1864119
| It looks like an Elephant leaf. They grow a lot in Florida and grow big. It looks like the Purple leaf one but I don't know the exact name. Allison |
Ulrich
Manhattan Beach, CA
(Zone 11)
November 08, 2005
07:43 PM Post #1864731
| Or Colocasia http://davesgarden.com/pf/adv_search.php?searcher[common]=&s... |
MerryMary
Ocoee (W. Orlando), FL
(Zone 9b)
November 12, 2005
05:40 PM Post #1872088
| Could be an alocasia "brian williams". |
PerennialGirl
Winnipeg, MB
(Zone 4a)
November 12, 2005
06:48 PM Post #1872194
| I don't think it's that one. I'll have to get Brian to look at this one. He should be able to tell us.
:) Donna |
bwilliams
Louisville, KY
November 12, 2005
09:49 PM Post #1872442
| It looks to be Alocasia Macrorrhiza. Now their are a few other species that look very similar but this is the most common. The only other way to tell it from calidora odora or others would be a flower. Macrorrhiza will have a green flower with a green spath and a white to off yellow spadix. Odora can have a pink to yellow flower. It is still a bit hard to compare with photos of other macrorrhizas that is manlly because when juvinal the leaves can look more roundish and sometimes the back lobes can be completely fused but as it matures it will show more Mac like traits. Fast grower green flowers grows a trunk and orange berries. Hopefully the other thread I posted can help many of you ID your plants. But getting them in the right genus and family is one thing some groups have hundreds and hundreds of species. 
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Lillielily
Ohio Valley, IN
(Zone 6b)
July 04, 2009
12:04 AM Post #6775297
| Brian,
I bought a colocasia today and your presentation here has helped me immensely. Now if I only knew what to do with it over winter.
Also, I'm right across the river from Louisville. Do you have a nursery where you display these wonderful plants?
Lillie |
Nandan
Virar
India
July 04, 2009
08:04 AM Post #6775977
| Looks like it is Alocasia indica metalica |
