[Aroid-l] Colocasia forms

From: pugturd at alltel.net (Brian Williams) on 2008.07.09 at 04:58:26(18120) I have been growing and working with a lot of Colocasias and I have a few plants that have shown to bend or break personal rules that I have used to ID Colocasias from other aroids. Here is a link to a great site for finding unusual plant photos. The following photo is from a lady in Hawaii who grew out a taro plant. I am not sure if this form is common or if she just happened to pick a unusual form. The leaves are cut all the way to the stems. This is a feature I would most likely see on a Xanthosoma not Colocasia their are more photos of this plant shown in her photo slide. I have not seen this on any other Colocasia and found it extremely odd. I know IDing plants from foliage is not pure science but it usually gives me a idea of what the plant is and I can usually get a good ID or at least place the plant in the right section. Here is the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristintachibana/1047516027/

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