[Aroid-l] Elephant ear

From: harrywitmore at witmore.net (Harry Witmore) on 2008.03.09 at 20:54:21(17143) All the commonly available Elephant Ears here are Colocasia esculenta. I have seen it flower but don?t have a picture of it. Like Brian said it can get really big here in the south. I have never seen Xanthosoma offered as Elephant Ear here but have seen it in the grocery store as Malangua (spelling?). I have 2 I have had for years that I got from the grocery store. I'm not sure what the species is. Harry Witmore +More Cloud Jungle Epiphytes www.cloudjungle.com -----Original Message----- From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Brian Williams Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 2:03 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: [Aroid-l] Elephant ear Steve I find that just about all plants labeled commercially as Elephant ear are Colocasias esculenta. The Xanthosomas are a bit harder to find and I have rarely seen them commercially available. Yet many times I have seen photos of Xanthosomas being used to sell Colocasias as well as Alocasias. Caladiums are usually marked a bit better. The colocasia in question though is very interesting. It maybe a tetraploid possibly a triploid as it grows much larger and very rarely produces flowers. I have only seen flowers one time. The tubers can get extremely large 1 foot long or more and 6 to 8 inches across. I have seen a few photos of the plant grown to 10 feet tall or more. I am not sure if this form is used in any taro production, it would be interesting to find more on it's origins. I have some good photos of on around 8 feet tall or so. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1319 - Release Date: 3/8/2008 10:14 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1319 - Release Date: 3/8/2008 10:14 AM

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