[Aroid-l] Colocasia gaoligongensis?/Pete Boyce

From: ju-bo at msn.com (Julius Boos) on 2007.09.29 at 10:25:03(16362) From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:05:46 -0000 Subject: No subject +More Message-ID: Attachment : 2007_0101Colocasia0002small.JPG (0.16 MB), 2007_0101Colocasia0004small.JPG (0.08 MB), 2007_0101Colocasia0006small.JPG (0.05 MB) Dear Deni and Chad, I think that we need to call in THE big gun here--- Pete Boyce, HELP! To me it looks like one of the MANY cultivars of cold-hardy C. esculenta with a virus! Colocasia being a VERY vegetativly 'plastic' genus with so many cultivars varying one from the other by just minor differences, I wonder if C. gaoligonsis is a "good" or 'recognized' species? Again, HELP Pete! The Best, Colocasia wallawallabingbang (AKA Julius) WPB, FLORIDA >>Please could you post this on Aroid-l. Robin has tried but had no luck. >>We have been in communication about this species and as I couldn?t help, I >>suggested he try the big wide world of aroiders. Many thanks, Deni Bown From: Robin Bell [mailto:kneel at st-chad.demon.co.uk] Sent: 24 September 2007 19:06 To: Deni Bown Subject: Fw: Colocasia gaoligongensis? ----- Original Message ----- From: Robin Bell To: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 8:18 AM Subject: Fw: Colocasia gaoligongensis? ----- Original Message ----- From: Robin Bell To: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 10:21 PM Subject: Colocasia gaoligongensis? We grow this Colocasia in UK. It seems hardy to about -8C. Maximum height [out doors] is 1 meter [3 ft]. It has been identified as Colocasia esculenta 'Illustris' through the ID board here, but I don't think it is. The appendix is vestigial, and the junction of the tube and spathe is barely constricted. A Chinese key gives C. gaoligongensis. Any thoughts? Chad. _______________________________________

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