Colocasia Alocasia ID

[derrick]

Cant find them or something near ?

[Yorkshire Kris]

The top one looks interesting.

The lower one could be a few different things.


What did you buy them as?

[derrick]

One was from the international shop the other was from Beast plants with Odora label on it kris ?

[Yorkshire Kris]

No idea what the top one is.

The lower one could be the straight species or something like Mammoth?

[derrick]

Thanks Kris ill keep looking

[Yorkshire Kris]

I could post the photos on facebook to get an answer if you like?

[countrylover]

Maybe this link can help??? http://araceum.abrimaal.pro-e.pl/alocas ... inatap.htm

[derrick]

That looks more like it Country thanks i dld google that Alocasia but your pictures look spot on thanks

[Vagetarian]

Great website countrylover! I think I've been on there before...

The top one is obvious but which is the bottom?

[countrylover]

I posted this link to the website before in another aroid ID topic
I presume the bottom pic shows Colocasia Illustris

[Vagetarian]

Ah yes, the leaf looks very similar. Although the colouring is kind of backwards (the veins should be darker than the rest of the leaf). Perhaps it's been previously underfed and has just had a good feed?

[derrick]

Got a new leaf on the Colocasia in the 2nd photo

[SteveW]

Top ones definitely accuminata.
Sold as maccrorhizos from jungleseeds a few years back. I only managed to get mine Id'd last year on planetaroid on Facebook.
That's when abrimaal asked me to use the bottom pics on his website. The top pics are from Helen (an other old member)
They're real butters to grow without proper heat.
And even worse to overwinter. Mine lives almost permanently on a heatmat. And even in high summer doesn't leave the greenhouse.
I wish you good luck with it Derrick
The bottom colocasia looks likely to just be an eddoe to me, an esculenta food crop that has darkish stems.
Nice plants

[derrick]

Thanks Steve for the advice on the Alocasia 2nd picture is some form of Esculenta the black stem is another plant behind it

[derrick]

The Colocasia leaf is much bigger than most of the Edoes for a first leaf ?