Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Grocery Store Taro, 1 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
As for the taro or Colocasia esculenta. It seems every time I have grown them out from oriental stores they have all been the same 2 forms as well as most india stores. One is a dark blue green leaf colocasia with red to pink stems. It produces some nice thick leaves never gets really huge maybe 5 to 6 feet with normal looking leaves. I have been unable to find a oriental name for the plant and if anyone knows a name for it I would be interested to hear.