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Old 03-29-2009, 10:17 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Joy Re: Alocasia Shopping

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Originally Posted by lorax View Post
Mark, how would a Xanthosoma atroverins get to the wilds in Tog's neck of the woods? They belong to my jungles, not his... I've been talking with him about it, and he says that X. saggitifolia has only just started to come on market there, so I'd be dubious about one of the more obscure of my native species just "popping up" in M'sia.

I was thinking that it was Colocasia gigantaea, myself.
Yep, the only Xanths found here are the small ornamental ones. So far there are none of the big ones introduced here.

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Originally Posted by Mark Hall View Post
Tog, the plant in the last picture with you looks like a Xanthosoma Atroverins.

It truly is a monster. Wish they would grow that big here.
The plant is one of the many varieties of the Colocasia odora found here. In my haste of posting, I did not mention the name.

I wouldn't call this big at all as Lorax said. It is a medium one and they can go much bigger depending where they are found.
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