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well this nyear had been cool and dark so which alocasia have done well outside this year?

i fancy one next year but i want one that can handle the cool weather without stopping all the time.
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My alocasia calidora has done well. Only a pup this time last year. Will try and get a pic later.
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Alocasia x calidora is the best easliy available one. Also odora, gaganea, and Mayan Mask do well in our more maritime summers.

This is my x calidora
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Are there any Alocasias that can remain outdoors in the ground in the milder parts of the UK or are they all tender? By tender I dont mean zapped back to the ground by frost but well and truly killed by the cold right down to the rhizome.
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The problem is getting a Alocasia x calidora....I have searched everywhere :(
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Troppoz wrote:Are there any Alocasias that can remain outdoors in the ground in the milder parts of the UK or are they all tender? By tender I dont mean zapped back to the ground by frost but well and truly killed by the cold right down to the rhizome.
The problem is cold/wet Sean, The ones I have tried just rotted, also you need BIG HEAT to start them into growth again, and we just don't get that in the UK.

The only way I could see getting one through would be with soil warming cables under it. :wink:
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The Codfather wrote:The problem is getting a Alocasia x calidora....I have searched everywhere :(
I might have a chip off the old block next year if you can wait. I have a back up and will have to cut mine down to get it in the conservatory next year. It is over 7 ft tall now.

This is a larger leaved strain I was told, but doesn't pup. There are other selections of the hybrid that pup like crazy but struggle to get big leaves, as all the energy goes into pupping.
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Mr L, pic as promised.

As i said earlier, this calidora was a little pup this time last year and now its a tad over 4ft above the soil.

Not bad for a years growth methinks...............
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looking good, now i just need to remember this thread next spring ..... :lol:
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Dave Brown wrote:
The Codfather wrote:The problem is getting a Alocasia x calidora....I have searched everywhere :(
I might have a chip off the old block next year if you can wait. I have a back up and will have to cut mine down to get it in the conservatory next year. It is over 7 ft tall now.

This is a larger leaved strain I was told, but doesn't pup. There are other selections of the hybrid that pup like crazy but struggle to get big leaves, as all the energy goes into pupping.
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Arlon Tishmarsh wrote:Mr L, pic as promised.

As i said earlier, this calidora was a little pup this time last year and now its a tad over 4ft above the soil.

Not bad for a years growth methinks...............
WOW.........as it been in the greenhouse all year ???
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Dave, does yours live in its pot all year ?
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The Codfather wrote:The problem is getting a Alocasia x calidora....I have searched everywhere :(
What is Dave's McCalidora by comparison?
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The Codfather wrote:
Arlon Tishmarsh wrote:Mr L, pic as promised.

As i said earlier, this calidora was a little pup this time last year and now its a tad over 4ft above the soil.

Not bad for a years growth methinks...............
WOW.........as it been in the greenhouse all year ???
No m8, its been planted out for months. Dug it out a couple of days ago to give it the extra heat in the g/h.
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