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

bwilliams wrote:
I have tried it 5 times with no luck. Their was a hybrid produced I believe by Joseph Bognor that was very weak and mutated. I am not sure if it survived. Their was a report that odora had crossed with a colocasia from Tony. I think I later read that it was another alocasia form growing among the two other forms. I am not completely sure on this one. It looked like it could have been a hybrid.
I believe some breeding can be made between the two groups the main thing is to have the right species crossing. Some Alocasias look a lot like Colocasias. These would be the ones to breed with. Unfortunatly these species are fairly uncommon and rarely seen. I am growing one species that looks very similar to a Colocasia and I hope to attempt a hybrid if it will ever bloom form me. All my attempts were on Odora which I believe is a little to distant relative to be working with.