Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Colocasia Breeding pics, 1 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
After pollinating waiting months and taking years to perfect. I have now been more productive in my Colocasia breeding. Last year I had one flower head and sprouted over 200 seeds to have only 5 live. This year I have over 15 seed heads and hope to do much better with seed development.

This picture may not look like much to most people but it thrilling to know what it holds. This is a seed head off of Colocasia black magic. It was crossed with two plants Colocasia pink china and Colocasia milky way. I am hoping for hardier colocasias and maybe just maybe one with black leaves and white spots. In each berry you see it can hold 1 to over 40 seeds.