alocasia sinuata

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2001.10.18 at 21:52:13(7642) Dear Aroiders: I am looking for information on Alocasia sinuata...particularly origin, winter hardiness, and mature size. Any help would be most appreciated. 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@plantdelights.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: "brian williams" pugturd50 at hotmail.com> on 2001.10.19 at 04:53:05(7643) Tony I have an Alocasia sinuata. This plants has grown to 7ft but has yet to flower for me. I have also dug the thing up every year to keep it safe from our zone 6 winters. I have noticed each year a miss a few pup and they have survived our winters. Though I don't think a larger bulb would survive. The smaller tubers lasted threw 3 weeks of weather below 30 degrees. Also had Amorphophallus albus make it threw that same winter. THANKS +More _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

From: George Yao gcyao at netasia.net> on 2001.10.27 at 21:05:01(7688) Brian, Are you sure your 7ft plant is A. sinuata? Dr. A. Hay's recent review of Philippine Alocasias described A. sinuata (syn. A. 'Quited Dreams') as a herb to only 35cms. My Quilted Dreams grow to not much more than a foot. To answer Tony's query on origin, in the same review, the note on distribution of A. sinuata says it is endemic to the Philippines. George Yao +More Metro-Manila, Philippines At 12:53 PM 10/19/01, you wrote: Tony I have an Alocasia sinuata. This plants has grown to 7ft but has yet to flower for me. I have also dug the thing up every year to keep it safe from our zone 6 winters. I have noticed each year a miss a few pup and they have survived our winters. Though I don't think a larger bulb would survive. The smaller tubers lasted threw 3 weeks of weather below 30 degrees. Also had Amorphophallus albus make it threw that same winter. THANKS _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

From: Denis denis at skg.com> on 2001.10.29 at 00:06:34(7704) Dear Aroiders: The tall Alocasia plants that were sent out of my nursery labeled Alocasia sinuata could very well have been miss identified. The Tissue culture labs are propagators and take the word of the person who brings a plant in as to its identity. There is no protocol which requires that they take it to a taxonomist and have it properly identified before they propagate and disseminate liners to plant nurseries to grow out and sell. Therefor a few plants go out into the industry with incorrect names because growers believe the lab's id or the originators id to be correct. +More Denis at Silver Krome Gardens, Inc. George Yao wrote: > > Brian, > > Are you sure your 7ft plant is A. sinuata? Dr. A. Hay's recent review > of Philippine Alocasias described A. sinuata (syn. A. 'Quited Dreams') > as a herb to only 35cms. My Quilted Dreams grow to not much more than > a foot. > > To answer Tony's query on origin, in the same review, the note on > distribution of A. sinuata says it is endemic to the Philippines. > > George Yao > Metro-Manila, Philippines > > At 12:53 PM 10/19/01, you wrote: > > > Tony I have an Alocasia sinuata. This plants has grown to 7ft but > > has yet to flower for me. I have also dug the thing up every year to > > keep it safe from our zone 6 winters. I have noticed each year a > > miss a few pup and they have survived our winters. Though I don't > > think a larger bulb would survive. The smaller tubers lasted threw 3 > > weeks of weather below 30 degrees. Also had Amorphophallus albus > > make it threw that same winter. THANKS > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >

From: "brian williams" pugturd50 at hotmail.com> on 2001.10.29 at 03:07:33(7705) I believe Dennis is right. The sinuata I have was from agri starts. It maybe a hybrid? But I do have a collected sinuata and they are defiantly not the same plant. Of course it seems the sinuata that is most commonly known is not the true plant. What then should it be called? I knew this was not the true sinuata but it is what everyone knows as sinuata. What ever it is it grows just as big and as fast as portora. Yet I have not seen a flower but some pups did survive my harsh winter which was very cold. 30 days below freezing in one month. It also seems to pup freely as well. +More _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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