Following on from Greville's intriguing post regarding his mystery colocasia, i thought i'd share some pics of my unknown hybrid.
I was sent a couple of pups earlier in the year, the parent plants of which came from the wilds of S.E Asia. Didn't look nothing out of the ordinary when i received them. I potted them up and gave them a nice spot in the greenhouse. They grew quite quickly from the tiny plants that arrived. One thing i noticed was that with every new emerging leaf, the stems got darker. The first few stems were all green. More intriguing was the leaf shape. They were certainly longer and narrower than all my other colocasia and any i've seen and had a ratio roughly 2 x length to 1 x width with a nice white / light coloured veining
One of the mystery plants at approx a month after potting on...................
As they grew the interest increased. I kept comparing them with other collies i have and in particular , my "Dark stem" hybrids. Although similar, there were differences. Most notably the leaf shape and the eye colour.
(Pics of the two pups taken approx in June)
Leaf shape............
One plant showing the darkening stems with each new emerging leaf............
and the other....................
One of the plants in a fuller sun position ............
and the other planted in a semi shade position , notably smaller...........
