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natej740
09-01-2012, 08:30 PM
My Thailand Giant is blooming for the second time this year. Is there a way to make sure the flowers get pollinated so it will produce seeds this time? Do I need more than 1 blooming for it to produce? Id say it has at least 6 flowers on it now and was hoping for seeds to try.

natej740
09-02-2012, 08:35 PM
It actually has 12 flowers on it! Does anyone have experience pollinating elephant ears?

raygrogan
09-02-2012, 09:08 PM
I tried once, with two different cultivars (Moi and Pi'i Ali'i) that bloomed at the same time. Rubbed the male of one to the female of other, but nothing developed. I think the real breeders can recognize when each part is at the perfect stage, get a good transfer, etc.

hydroid
09-07-2012, 09:51 PM
Yeah I tried it with my Thai Giant and never done nothing. But there's a guy with a post about this on the gardenwb forum and has some pics and I think I know where I went wrong so tomorrow I'll run get a starter kit and try again.
Bo

mbfirey
09-08-2012, 04:27 PM
I think this process would work Alocasia Blooms are close enough to Colocasia:
Aroidia Research = Aroid, Araceae, Alocasia, Philodendron, Anthurium Hybridizers (http://aroidia.com/infield.htm)

hydroid
09-08-2012, 06:25 PM
Try this:

Growing Colocasia "Thai Giant" from seed - Tropicals Forum - GardenWeb (http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tropical/msg08225408893.html?2)

sandy0225
09-25-2012, 08:35 AM
I don't know why but my alocasia calidora always sets a berry or two each year. I tried to make them happen one year, and none of them took. I just went from one flower to another with a paintbrush. that didn't work. I've been noticing that in the later flowers earwigs get in there, perhaps they are doing the work for me? but it's definitely self fertile because I know there's not another one around here blooming in the neighborhood or anything.
I hate to say it but I haven't had any colocasia set seeds yet.