Alocasia Elaine and A. Quilted Dreams

From: alistair_hay_at_po-sydney at rbgsyd.gov.au on 1998.09.03 at 14:45:21(2569) Dear All, Alocasia Elaine, I have come to the conclusion, is an especially nice form of Alocasia reginae N.E. Brown, which is a rare species known botanically from only three collections in Sarawak and Central Kalimantan. +More A question: The plant that David Burnett called Alocasia Quilted Dreams (Aroideana 7 (1984) fig. 33) and which he said was also known as Alocasia Hawaii, is supposed to have come from the Philippines. Can anyone verify this?? The reason why I ask is because Alocasia sinuata N.E. Brown is known botanically only from the Type specimen which N.E. Brown made at Kew. This plant was obtained from the British nurseryman William Bull last century and Bull had said it had come from the Philippines, but he was not always accurate/truthful(?!) about the origin of his plants. There is no preserved botanical material collected from the wild in the Philippines (or anywhere else, that I know of) that matches A. sinuata at all, but the photograph in Burnett of Quilted Dreams/Hawaii appears to be extremely similar to the Type of A. sinuata. If it can be verified that Quilted Dreams/Hawaii came from the Philippines, this would pretty much corroborate the original claim that A. sinuata came from the Philippines too - which would tie up a loose end. Hope someone can help.... Alistair Hay

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