Alocasia 'Aline' ?

AndyC · Post by **AndyC** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:06 pm

Remember the picture of this Alocasia from the Living Rainforest meet?

I have been trying to identify it ever since and now having waded through what seems like a million thumbnails, I think I may have got
it
What do you think?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:23 pm

Andy I thought it was alocasia Wentii Variegata

Could this be a case of the dutch re-naming it

helen · Post by **helen** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:28 pm

I also thought it was a nice form of variegated wentii

AndyC · Post by **AndyC** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:09 pm

You are probably both right. I didn't know there was a variegated 'Wentii'. I'll do some more picture searching.
Is that a picture of your plant Mark?

AndyC · Post by **AndyC** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:13 pm

I've just done a search for "variegated Alocasia wentii" and it came up with one find.Bingo

We are all correct

John Jearrard · Post by **John Jearrard** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:37 pm

I've been growing it for a couple of years as 'Aline', are you sure it's the same thing? (there are a lot of new forms coming out of tissue culture now). Either way, Alocasia wendtii variegated would be an invalid name, so 'Aline' is probably best.

(I got it from Wisley).

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:42 pm

Not my plant Andy it was in Adrian Halls GC for £22

Post by **Dave Brown** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:07 pm

The problem with Alocasia is that the American hobbyist has great success with creating hybrids, and probably hoping to get lucky with a real stunner. The ones that just look slightly different are probably given away or swapped, and in no time no-one really knows what they are. Many of the sell by names are just what the seller has been told. If you compare yours with pic on the web, how can you tell who has the real one, and who has a hybrid, or are they all hybrids

All you really can say is "Mine looks like a XXX Type, but someone will always say "oh, no it doesn't, 'cos my one does not"

kentgardener · Post by **kentgardener** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:38 pm

Dave Brown wrote:"Mine looks like a XXX Type, but someone will always say "oh, no it doesn't"

well it is Panto season after all!

________________________________________

John

Mick C · Post by **Mick C** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:35 am

kentgardener wrote:
Dave Brown wrote:"Mine looks like a XXX Type, but someone will always say "oh, no it doesn't"
well it is Panto season after all!

________________________________________

John

Oh no it isn't.

grub · Post by **grub** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:07 am

Mick C wrote:
kentgardener wrote:
Dave Brown wrote:"Mine looks like a XXX Type, but someone will always say "oh, no it doesn't"
well it is Panto season after all!

________________________________________

John

Oh no it isn't.

oh yes it is

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:43 am

AndyC wrote:I've just done a search for "variegated Alocasia wentii" and it came up with one find.Bingo

We are all correct

Andy you could always send the picture to be ID to here
http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/unid/id.htm#a

I agree with John though Aline sounds better than Wentii Variegated.

AndyC · Post by **AndyC** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:19 pm

Thanks for the link Mark, also a nice collection of philodendron pictures. I had no idea there were that many being cultivated.
Is that the site were Chad got the ID for the C.gaoligongensis?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:39 pm

I have no idea andy. I am still checking out some of it. Would be nice if there were pics of all the aroids on there.

its only$30 to join so I may have a go for a year .

Chad · Post by **Chad** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:04 pm

Andy,

No,

This site has a picture, but mis-identifies it as Colocasia esculenta 'Illustris'.

It took a lot of personal e-mails to academics, and the help of Deni Bown, to track down Peter Boyce who had acted as academic referee for the original species description [Colocasia gaoligongensis H.Li & C.L.Long -- Feddes Repert. 110(5-6): 423.
1999 (IK)].

Chad.