Re: Message forwarded from outside the listserver

From: Clarence Hester <hesterc at acpub.duke.edu> on 1999.07.01 at 03:37:31(3476) Lester, I'm pretty sure that Fairchild in Miami has Alocasia zebrina if I recall correctly, so it is not just at Sarasota. It is indeed a beautiful plant. Clarence Hester +More Lester Kallus wrote: > I received the following email message from JoeHerbMan@aol.com. He's > asking for some information about a specific Alocasia. If anyone can help > him out, you might want to email him directly since I don't believe he's a > member of the aroid listserver. > > "Hello, I have in St. Petersburg, Florida. I saw your web-page this evening > and was interested to know if you have any knowledge of a very rare > Alocasia by the name of Alocasia zebrina var. Reticulata. If you can tell > me any information. I would greatly appreciate it. I know that it is from > Southeast Asia and was first introduced in 1985 to the US. 1,000 tissue > cultures were made and were sent to a nursery in Homestead, FL. When > Hurrican Andrew came through in 1992, it destroyed everyone of them except > the original that remained at Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, where is > remains today. I am told that it is a species and that the plant is under > "lock and key," never to be removed from there. If you can help me, I would > appreciated it. I need to know more about this plant. "

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