Tropicals & Tender Perennials: "Alocasia Hilo Beauty" is no longer an Alocasia., 1 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
Their have been a few somewhat look alike plants. I have grown most of them in the past. I remember seeing Hilo Beauty labeled as a Xanthosoma and when questioned I was told the plants looked exactly a like but this Xanthosoma form got much much larger. I could never tell them apart nothing was different. I have also seen it labeled as Xanthosoma maculatum which it is not. Here is a photos of maculatum it does have white spots but is much different. Their is also a pink spotted form. Extremely rare years ago I tried to get this TCed to bring it to the market and more available but all plants had died. I would like to grow it again few have it in their collections.