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  Mystery Alocasia
From: "LARIANN GARNER" AROIDIAN at worldnet.att.net> on 2005.02.12 at 22:12:27(12672)
Hi all,

I'm sending this out in hopes of learning more about the
Alocasia I have depicted at the tollowing link:

http://aroidia.com/vangigoh.htm

I have seen one specimen of this plant in the south
Florida area and other than having seen it, and the little information about it
on the page, I know nothing else about it.

Does anyone have any more details about the origin of this
plant?

Thanks,
LariAnn Garner

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From: "Peter Boyce" peterboyce at myjaring.net> on 2005.02.13 at 00:03:58(12674)
Hi LariAnn

Looks like Alocasia x portodora to me.

Pete

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From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2005.02.13 at 13:24:58(12676)
>From: "Peter Boyce" <peterboyce@myjaring.net>
>Reply-To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
>To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
>Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Mystery Alocasia
>Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:03:58 +0800

Hello Pete and LariAnn,

My thoughts exactly, I thought it might be the result of LariAnn`s creation,
A. 'portadora', crossed w/ an 'amazonica', or back-crossed to one of the
'good' species that have the light veins, perhaps A. sanderiana or somesuch.
I know little about the genus, it is just a 'gut' feeling, Pete is one of
the experts!
Good Growing, all.

Julius

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