Re: Alocasia araceae

From: Dean Sliger deanslgr at juno.com> on 2001.03.24 at 17:29:01(6073) Just tossing something out from left field, adding to the speculation frenzy, but have we ruled out that the plant's not a Caladium? I know many aroid-ers will huff and guffah at the idea, but to the "average" person there isn't a lot of difference. Many gardening catalogues list Alocasias and Colocasias as "elephant ear caladiums." What someone needs to do is get their hands on a specimen of the plant in question. Dean +More On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 22:56:54 -0600 (CST) "Gabe Thomas" writes: > I don't think it's to hard to picture (no psychedelics needed), I > imagine if > Colocasia 'Black Magic' could be crossed with Alocasia (Colocasia?) > 'Hilo > Beauty' it would look somewhat similar to the description. I know > Alocasia > araceae is incorrect nomenclature, but that's how it was written in > the > article. However, the improper nomenclature could be a typo or > confusion on > the part of the writer. Anyway, is anyone familiar with Suwanee > Loboratories > located in Florida? I can't find any reference to them online. > > Gabe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lester Kallus > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 1:24 PM > Subject: Re: Alocasia araceae > > > > From the description of this Alocasia, though, it sounds like > something > > described by a college kid in the late 60s. The individual who > witnessed > > these splashes of lavender , yellow, white, and pink on its leaves > may > have > > been ingesting something other than giberillic acid. > > Les > > > > At 08:22 AM 3/23/2001 -0600, you wrote: > > >Surely there is a simple explanation - the catalogue maker is not > too > > >familiar with scientific nomenclature, and is just saying > "Alocasia > > >(Araceae)" - giving the family name and not committing to any > further > i.d. > > >than the genus of the plant. [Note that I am refraining from any > snotty > > >comment about people's unwillingness to become comfortable with > scientific > > >names.] derek > > > >

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