Re: gigantic leaf species around the world

From: alistair_hay_at_po-sydney at rbgsyd.gov.au on 1998.08.14 at 14:12:11(2534) Dear Krzysztof, I have had a look at your interesting Alocasia images: A. crassifolia is correctly Alocasia alba (crassifolia is a synonym), originating in Java. A. `californica' is A. brisbanensis, native to Eastern Australia A. quilted dreams appears to be an undescribed species. A. green velvet appears to be A. micholitziana, which in the wild is quite a variable species - so several forms of it have got into cultivation (Philippines) A. Borneo Giant appears to be A. longiloba `korthalsii'. A. black velvet is an undescribed species. Have you got any more flowers that could be preserved in alcohol, so that this species can be properly described and named?? Your A. macrorrhiza appears to be A. odora - the leaves are pelate in odora, not in macrorrhizos (another very variable species of which several forms are cultivated) Alocasia ?Elaine matches Alocasia sinuata (originally described from the Philippines, but actually Bornean). Alocasia ?cuprea relative seems to be Alocasia clypeolata (an new species shortly to be published) (Philippines) ?= Green Shield? Alocasia wentii = Alocasia x sedenii (true wentii is not cultivated anywhere as far as I know - it is a small, obscure species from remote mountains of New Guinea) `Really pretty Alocasia' looks like a non-peltate form of A. reversa (Sarawak) All best Alistair Hay +More ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: gigantic leaf species around the world Author: at mailgate Date: 8/12/98 11:16 PM Hi, all I received the enclosed email, but there are many more qualified people in aroid-l to answer this question than myself, so I'm forwarding it to the collective attention of aroid-l... > From: Babirussa8@aol.com > > I am interested in locating the largest undivided leaves in the world. > (...) It seems there are two families with gigantic leaves: Xanthosoma > Saggitifolia and Alocosia Macrorrhiza (...) I am curious about how large > they have been documented in the wild, and of course, in what parts of the > world. If it is not too much trouble, please provide as exact dimensions > and locations as possible. I have listed my address and phone below, or > you may simply RE this message to my email. Thank you for your time and > assistance. > > Sincerely, > > Daisuke Shintani > PO Box 674 > Reigelsville, PA 18077 > (610) 749 - 0401 ----- On a separate topic, there's been a bunch of updates to my aroid pages - some of the more interesting ones are: http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Arum/hygrophilum.html http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Alocasia/crassifolia.html http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Alocasia/micholitziana.html http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Xanthosoma/maffafa_aurea.html I also have four unidentified alocasia hybrids; if someone could ID them, I'd really appreciate it. http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Alocasia/unknown.A.html http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Alocasia/unknown.B.html http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Alocasia/unknown.D.html http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Alocasia/unknown.E.html as well as two anthuriums: http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Anthurium/unknown.A.html http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/Araceae/Anthurium/unknown.html (my guesses: veitschii and andreanum ?) Finally, if anyone finds that the old bookmarks to my pages don't work, it is because for some unfathomable reason my IP provider decided that personal pages cannot be reached via www.netgate.net any more, and have to be specified with u1,netgate.net instead ... Cheers KK ==================== Krzysztof Kozminski kk@netgate.net http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/

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