Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Colocasia or Alocasia ?, 0 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
They are the same Metallica was a horticulture name given to the plant to help it sell better. Plumbea is its true species name. Their are a few forms with white stems pink stems and some variegations. I have grown them all and in most cases non are truely stable they will go from one end to the next the most stable is the darker forms which rarely produce the lighter colors.

Here is a pic of a normal dark form