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quaman58

By quaman58
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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quaman58 Grand Master

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Hey all,

Got this plant for the large leaf tropical effect. It's a very robust grower, but I was suprised this year when it actually started to "trunk". Once that started, then it began to grow suckers out the sides. Any idea how tall these guys get?

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Bret

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Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

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MattyB Grand Master

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hmmmmmm.  No idea!  But I like the red flower.....I like the little trunk too.  Looks so dry for Alocasias.  How do the leaves look?  I guess your coastal climate is pretty forgiving.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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quaman58 Grand Master

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Matt,

It's on the top of a very steep slope, so it's hard to keep the mulch from going downhill, but it gets deep watered regularly, and is in filtered light under an Acacia. It looks great, the leaves are huge & it grows quite fast. The trunks have put on about 6 inches since I took this pic a couple months back. The little "spurs" have also unfurled their own leaves...

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Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

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Peter Veteran

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That looks like it could be A. calidora; they can grow up to about 9-10' tall.  The red are seeds which, by the way, should be viable.  I've sent tons of calidora seed to El Blanco and others with about 100% germination rate.

San Fernando Valley, California

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wild Alocasia portodora in Whyanbeel .

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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LariAnn Newbie

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I had to jump in when I found this forum because two of the plants discussed here are hybrids that I developed in the early 1980s.  Alocasia x calidora and Alocasia x portora (incorrectly called portodora) are two of a number I produced at that time; others were not released to the market, but can be viewed on my website,

Aroidia Research

Since then, I have developed a large number of others, some more spectacularly giant than the Calidora or the Portora.  My largest ones are nearly 10 feet tall and still growing.  Even so, I have some coming on that are destined (via genetic heritage) to be even larger still.

You are all welcome to visit my site and email me if you have any questions.

LariAnn

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Peter Veteran

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Hi Lari Ann,

any ideas on when some of these 'giant's will be released for sale?  And do they have names yet?

Thanks,

Peter

San Fernando Valley, California

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