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Posted by bihai zone 9 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 5, 07 at 18:02
I love to look at photos of other people's plants. Its cooling off, less to do in the garden now, so take a moment to snap some photos to post of all your great aroids!
This is one of my favorite alocasias, A, rugosa. Its pictures here with a juvenile Anthurium pedatoradiatum and the large leaves of an Anthurium plowmanii
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| Here's a couple of my Alocasia nebula imperialis. Wonderful, spectacular, and not easy to grow! 
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Lari Ann, that's gorgeous! I have that plant, but mine was tagged Alocasia guttata Imperialis. Same plant as far as I can tell.
I want to see some photos of YOUR hybrids!!!!! |
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Ok, let's start with a legacy hybrid. The difference here is that this is not the one that is on the market, but one I selected and which I still have growing. This is how Portora is done.
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| Ohhhhh! Ahhhh! That is fantastic! I have "Portodora", it gets big, but not THAT big!!!!!!! You have a whole grove of them down there! |
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spring 2007 four feet tall
fall 2007 six feet eight inches tall
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| Nice photos everyone!! LariAnn, I've had that A. nebula imperialis (or something similar, looks like it anyway) and tried many a time, unsuccessfully to grow it. Does it go dormant in winter? I have been looking for it lately, and of course, can't find it. Is it popular over there in the states? Ed |
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| Ed, It is available, but difficult to find and purchase. Once you find one, it is one of the most difficult to keep alive. They do not naturally go dormant; if you have one and it goes "dormant", don't expect it to wake up! This is a case where growers need to know detailed, exact information on the growing conditions in the natural habitat of this plant. Information such as average annual air and soil temperatures, the nature of the root zone substrate, pH and seasonal variance, drainage, fertility of substrate/soil and seasonal variance, average daily insolation, associated plants, fungi and other organisms, etc. This kind of detailed information is either supplied incompletely, or in most cases, not at all. That omission, IMHO, is why we have so much trouble growing plants like this! LariAnn
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Here is a link that might be useful: Alocasia nebula 'Imperialis'
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- Posted by bihai zone 9 (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 14, 07 at 12:22
| I have actually had the opposite experience with Imperialis, LariAnn. I have had some of my specimens (I have more than one) go dormant and return, more than once. I don't know why they do it. I agree is it difficult to grow. |
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| Here is a picture of my Alocasia Infernalis. I like the dark leaves on this Alocasia. This is another of the small Alocasias. http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z248/aroidgardener/AlocasiaInfernalis.jpg |
Infernalis
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| Ok, I just figured out how to post a picture right....here's Infernalis. 
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My yellow variegated Odora
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| hello i purshased a large size alocasia colodora persain palm on line so they shipped it out and will be here monday ,i have a green thumb when it comes to indoor plants ,but this is a first for me with this out door plant can some one give me some advice on careing for it?are they hard to grow and will it die back? can it live in the winter inside my home ? i was told when planting it to use 50/50 part sand and potting soil and a pot size of more than 3 gallons this plant thats comeing is 3 to 4 feet tall in size I NEED HELP GUYS THANKS ... |
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