Another try at an ID?

Brian, if you are around can you ID this one for me? I posted it earlier in the summer and didn't get a definite ID. I appreciate it, thanks.

The name to it is Alocasia cadieri Not sure if it is a species or a hybrid. My book on alocasias is missing I will have to search to see the history if their is any on this form. THANKS

Liz, that is beautiful.

Would you consider doing a trade?

I have 1 giant EE upright left.

Here is mommy.

Thank you Brian. I appreciate it. I was going nowhere fast nailing down a name. It seems to have runners (or something, lol) coming out of the surface of the pots. Would that be right? It really seems to like being ignored waterwise.
Is it common? I've never seen it before but I tripped over 4 of them at Home Depot and they followed me home.
knotimpaired, I'd love to but they haven't pupped, or whatever they do, yet. I'm in Canada. I haven't a clue how to get something to PR. I have a couple of huge upright ears that I'm dreading having to dig up soon. Thanks anyway. I sure enjoy your posts.

Thanks Liz.

Keep me in mind next spring and I will send you something to brighten your day.

Karen

Thanks Karen, that's sweet of you. I was just looking at the plants you've added here. You have a lovely collection. I sure wished I had your climate right about now.

Liz I would call those corms they are like small tubers. They are a bit tricky they usually will not grow unless removed from the mother plant. If you want them to sprout treat them like seeds. Their is another post showing how that is done but they can take longer to sprout and will like it just as warm.

Thanks again Brian. When you gave me the name I googled and guess whose site came up at the top of the list. lol. I'm sure glad that you're here with all your expertise.

Brian, I had no idea they had to be removed to grow. My Lime Zinger had bunches of those "corms" around the base, I just planted them.
Liz, your ear is really nice.

The title is Alocasia Sowing tips?

The thing is treat the corms the same just place them in a humidity chamber and wait for them to sprout.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, okay! I've been finding what looks to be a "node" closest to the tip and then use a razor blade to notch the runner leg between that point and the mother. Of course, the node-looking part gets covered with soil & peat if it's not already under ground. For some of the more unwielding runners (C. Black Runner, for example) the "new" plant will be well rooted and totally independent within a matter of a week or two.

A lot of words to say that I usually layer my runners to help them expedite the rooting process.

I have a lot of Black Magic, Black Runner and Ilustris around my pond as a result. For the pond, I pull the "pup" at the earliest sign of possible rooting and toss it in a pot that remains partially submerged in an area of the pond that gets some breaks from the sun.

Thanks again, Brian!

Dang .... so, the "runners" that I had starting on my X. sagittofolia weren't a loss? (when I transplanted mine a few weeks ago I noticed that I had some shoots underground that got severed when digging ...)

Bummer.

I've taken the runners, cut them into pieces, each with a node, stuck them in flat trays full of soil and gotten baby plants that way. Works with Illustris and Violet Stem.

schweet!!!!!!!!

Works w/ Big Dipper and Black Runner too.
I just put them in a deep saucer, cover them w/ dirt and keep damp.

Ric

I snap the runners off of all of them and put them in a bowl planter. I just sandwhich them between about four inches of soil mix, add water and set them aside. I can't dig them out fast enough. LOL

Not sure on the ID here,could be Alocasia Gottasendmeone.LoL!
Root

LOL Root.....Did you move?

Looks most interesting, Liz. Surely Root hasn't uprooted? All that have followed me home from H Depot lately are carpet samples.

Oh Root, you are bad. You had me trying to figure out what kind of alocasia you were talking about!