Tog Tan
03-10-2009, 02:52 PM
Aglaonema X Red Peacock
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13388><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13379 border=0></a>
Aglaonema, family, Araceae, yes folks, this is the most colorful and showy member of the family. It is considered the Gem of SEA, specifically Thailand. Many, many $ have exchanged hands for prime plants. One of the first hybridizers sold 3 small plants which was given as a gift to the Sultan of Brunei for us$30,000 some 10 years ago. Then the craze started. Finally it shifted to Indonesia where the folks there got the fever and went to Bkk to sweep up the plants for sale in their plant market.
I have been collecting the species and hybrids for as long as I can remember and I am still doing it. I once went to that reputed hybridizer's nursery and saw a tiny 3inch hybrid which I fancied. Being a mutual friend he was willing to sell me that plant at a special price for 70,000b or us$2,000! Of course I didn't buy it.
If you are looking for a plant which comes in all shapes, sizes, forms and colors, this is the plant to go for. It is a hardy and vigorous grower and will start producing pups or off shoots under a year. They also grow readily from cuttings.
I just love them for their colors which seem to challenge the spectrum of the rainbow.
Hybrid X1, forget the Thai name, it will only twist and finally put your tongue beyond repair! :ha: This is a mini which is about 1ft tall. Super colors.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13380><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13380&size=1 border=0></a>
Hybrid X4. This another mini which is a beautiful Warm Pink.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16050><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16051 border=0></a>
Aglaonema assortment. This is a bunch of species and the White/Green hybrid forms at my nursery.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16051><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16052 border=0></a>
I hope these 4 pix will tempt you to find out more about this gorgeous little plant. You can see a couple more of them in my photo gallery.
Cheers! :ha:
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13388><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13379 border=0></a>
Aglaonema, family, Araceae, yes folks, this is the most colorful and showy member of the family. It is considered the Gem of SEA, specifically Thailand. Many, many $ have exchanged hands for prime plants. One of the first hybridizers sold 3 small plants which was given as a gift to the Sultan of Brunei for us$30,000 some 10 years ago. Then the craze started. Finally it shifted to Indonesia where the folks there got the fever and went to Bkk to sweep up the plants for sale in their plant market.
I have been collecting the species and hybrids for as long as I can remember and I am still doing it. I once went to that reputed hybridizer's nursery and saw a tiny 3inch hybrid which I fancied. Being a mutual friend he was willing to sell me that plant at a special price for 70,000b or us$2,000! Of course I didn't buy it.
If you are looking for a plant which comes in all shapes, sizes, forms and colors, this is the plant to go for. It is a hardy and vigorous grower and will start producing pups or off shoots under a year. They also grow readily from cuttings.
I just love them for their colors which seem to challenge the spectrum of the rainbow.
Hybrid X1, forget the Thai name, it will only twist and finally put your tongue beyond repair! :ha: This is a mini which is about 1ft tall. Super colors.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13380><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13380&size=1 border=0></a>
Hybrid X4. This another mini which is a beautiful Warm Pink.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16050><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16051 border=0></a>
Aglaonema assortment. This is a bunch of species and the White/Green hybrid forms at my nursery.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16051><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16052 border=0></a>
I hope these 4 pix will tempt you to find out more about this gorgeous little plant. You can see a couple more of them in my photo gallery.
Cheers! :ha: