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There seemed to be a lot of interest in this over the winter, with people putting in orders from Amulree. I did the same, and it arrived at the end of May. I put it straight on the heated prop base to give it conditions in it's comfort zone, and within a week it was growing a new leaf. It's now by the south facing doors in the conservatory, and has 3 new leaves and 2 pups icon_thumright

Who else bought one, and how is it doing ?
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Looks to have a silvery sheen?

Not got one but looks nice.
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Yorkshire Kris wrote:Looks to have a silvery sheen?

Not got one but looks nice.
It's a sort metallic, dark plum colour... dificult to describe. Not sure how big it will get at this time.
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Looks like Alocasia plumbea to me Dave.

Not one of my more succesful Alocasias and I think it no longer exists. It seems to prefer being pot grown to soil grown and likes wet feet, though of course Im talking about growing in tropical climes...
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Troppoz wrote:Looks like Alocasia plumbea to me Dave.

Not one of my more succesful Alocasias and I think it no longer exists. It seems to prefer being pot grown to soil grown and likes wet feet, though of course Im talking about growing in tropical climes...
Looked at plumbea Sean, and it does not seem quite as pinky as Yucatan Princess.

No idea what size this will get to
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Dave at a guess Id say it is either a variant of plumbea or a hybrid of sorts, the sheen of the leaves is very plumbea like to me but yes the colour does seem deeper than your bog standard plumbea.
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Troppoz wrote:Dave at a guess Id say it is either a variant of plumbea or a hybrid of sorts, the sheen of the leaves is very plumbea like to me but yes the colour does seem deeper than your bog standard plumbea.
You may well be right on that Sean.

It is still growing slowly on the prop base. :wink:
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Just realised I haven't done any updates on this.

Here in September 2012. Not proving to be the fastest Alocasia ever, but have seen pic of these 6 to 8ft tall, so can get large :wink:
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2012-08-21-18-47-44 Alocasia Yucatan Princesss.jpg
This is it's first winter, and one of the worst winters in terms of lack of sun and a cold lounge as the huge windows lost heat rather than collecting it. The result is that Yucatan Princess gradually went dormant. :( It was given the heat treatment 'Boil in the bag' as made very wet, and cooked at 45 to 52C on my storage heater. I has come back quote well, but not anywhere near as fast as Black Stem.
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Got one of these late in the growing season and got a little bit more out of it before winter set in. I decided to keep this in the greenhouse with gentle bottom heat. However, I think It became too dry and all the top growth disappeared.

In a foray of starting things off last week I discovered I'd lost some labels and have now lost the princess :shock: I found a pot of dry compost that had quite a few small corms in it and am guessing this is it so it's now kept very moist in the warmest hot box in the hope it will start up quickly.
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I'm the same with labelling from time to time. I think I will recognise the plant, then if the top dies off, it's a game of wait and see :lol:

Hope they sprout soon for you.
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Good luck to you all with this one. I don't grow it personally but I have seen them mature at Brians. By the time you get this one sorted out his new ones should be making it to the UK icon_thumleft
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