Alocasia × amazonica

hort.

This is a cross of A. lowii var. grandis × A. sanderiana.
As a cultivar it has probably never seen Amazonia. It is about 50 cm in height.
In culture it requires high air humidity and temperature above 18°C.

General habit of a blooming plant.
An open inflorescence. Male flowers are connate into synandria.
The biggest leaf I've seen was 50 cm long.	A specimen with unusually elongate leaf blades.

Link to Krzysztof Kozminski's page on A. × amazonica. Link to Lester Kallus's - the same Alocasia.

page created on 2002-02-19
last modified on 2002-11-20