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mbfirey · 10-11-2009, 04:11 PM

I totally agree zones are a very broad/vague kind of thing....I really don't trust every trust the zone rating from one site- if I'm shopping for a certain plant, I look at lots of vendor's zone ratings- take the high and the low and split the difference.
I've seen Alocasia Calidora rated for zone 9+ but there is a seller on ebay that has it in 7b. Variegated Tapioca, same thing, most say 9+ but a seller on ebay has it at zone 8. And before anyone trashes on ebay sellers- these are 2 sellers that several folks on this site has spoken positively about.
I mainly posted the quote about the orinoco because it said that PDN gotten them to fruit in their zone, which shows that it's possible (unless they made it up). I'm sure that it depends on how you grow them.

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