Alocasia cultivars

From: DBurch2345 at aol.com on 2000.03.31 at 00:07:12(4277) Could someone familiar with alocasia cultivars/hybrids please help with this question. Is there a hybrid or cultivar Alocasia 'Portadora' ( or Alocasia xportadora)? +More I know that the hybrid between Alocasia odora and A. portei is in the trade as Alocasia xportora ( or sometimes Alocasia 'Portora'), so, two questions: 1. The correct listing for "portora" (hybrid species or cultivar?) 2. Is there also a "portadora" - and, if so, how should that name be written? Derek

From: "Plantsman" plantsman at prodigy.net> on 2000.03.31 at 21:53:09(4287) Having bought one of these a year and a half ago at a nursery on Hilton Head Island, SC after instantly falling it love with it's appearance, it was labeled: Alocasia 'Portadora' and is the cross between A. portei and A. odora. It resembles the common A. macrorrhizos except the leaves are larger and have a unique crescent-cut ruffled edge and are a different shade of green. I don't know the fancy scientific descriptive but it's quite distinctive and attractive. The color is different also and there's more contrast between the veins and stem and the rest of the leaf. A very attractive plant and doesn't seem to mind induced dormancy for the past two winters. The only odd thing I've noticed is that it never has over two mature leaves at any one time while growing. As soon as a third one begins to unfurl, the older of the two will begin to decline. Anyone have any thoughts as to that? Plantsman +More plantsman@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 7:08 PM Subject: Alocasia cultivars : Could someone familiar with alocasia cultivars/hybrids please help with this : question. : Is there a hybrid or cultivar Alocasia 'Portadora' ( or Alocasia xportadora)? : I know that the hybrid between Alocasia odora and A. portei is in the trade : as Alocasia xportora ( or sometimes Alocasia 'Portora'), so, two questions: : : 1. The correct listing for "portora" (hybrid species or cultivar?) : : 2. Is there also a "portadora" - and, if so, how should that name be written? : : Derek : : :

From: Denis denis at skg.com> on 2000.03.31 at 21:55:46(4291) Derek: Agristarts is tissue culturing the Alocasia x Portidora but I think the others are mispellings or mispronunciations of the same. Mr. Garner bred a lot of hybrids back in the 80's but have not seen any other one tissue cultured as much +More as his A. x Portidora. (portei x odora). I think he is still around but not active with Aroid society, I think he was working for Tru-Green Chemlawn in Miami branch in the Computer/ accounting Dept. Denis at Silver Krome DBurch2345@aol.com wrote: > Could someone familiar with alocasia cultivars/hybrids please help with this > question. > Is there a hybrid or cultivar Alocasia 'Portadora' ( or Alocasia xportadora)? > I know that the hybrid between Alocasia odora and A. portei is in the trade > as Alocasia xportora ( or sometimes Alocasia 'Portora'), so, two questions: > > 1. The correct listing for "portora" (hybrid species or cultivar?) > > 2. Is there also a "portadora" - and, if so, how should that name be written? > > Derek

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2000.04.01 at 15:14:17(4304) Derek et al: The information that we discovered when writing a description for our catalog was that the cross was made by Larry Gardner. Larry then sold/gave the seedlings to Ron Weeks, who selected out one plant and gave it the name A. 'Portadora'. I hope this helps. It is truly a wonderful plant...and has been hardy here. Tony Avent +More Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdel.com website http://www.plantdel.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 662-0370 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent

From: Don Burns donburns at macconnect.com> on 2000.04.01 at 15:22:11(4306) > The information that we discovered when writing a description for our >catalog was that the cross was made by Larry Gardner. Larry then sold/gave >the seedlings to Ron Weeks, who selected out one plant and gave it the name >A. 'Portadora'. I hope this helps. It is truly a wonderful plant...and >has been hardy here. Ron Weeks is a member of this mail list. Ron, please tell us about this. Don Burns +More Fort Lauderdale FL USA Zone 10b

From: Ron Weeks rhweeks at ibm.net> on 2000.04.03 at 21:58:55(4332) Derek, Alocasia "Portadora" and A. "Portora" are different selections from the same A. portei x A. odora cross made by Larry Garner in the early 1980's. The name A. "xportora" is a typo for portora that I neglected to correct. Larry chose the name "Portora". I believe the name "Portadora" came from a California producer. Larry wrote about his work in Hybridizing Alocasias for the Landscape, Aroideana volume 6, number 3. Several photos are in The Cultivated Alocasia, Aroideana volume 7, number 3-4. I purchased many of the "Portora" and "Calidora" seedlings and grew them out to make the best selection for tissue culture production. The plants ranged from lance leaf miniatures to broadleaf giants. Petioles and veins in A. Portora went from reddish to a pale yellow. With the help of Jim Georgusis two forms of A. Portora and one A. Calidora were selected for TC production. Both A. Portora, a red and a green form, had large, broad upright leaves and were strong growers. The green A. Portora was dropped because landscapers either preferred the red form or did not care. +More Ron Weeks

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2000.04.05 at 02:56:35(4341) Warning Could not process message with given Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Listproc-outter-1808"

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