I got this one as C.Red Velvet..When the stems first comes out, They are red and feels like soft velvet..as the stems get older,they turned brownish color...
C. Red Velvet
Sorry to be ignorant...but what is the "C" in C. Red Velvet?
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Colocasia ?
I couldn't find a reference to Colocasia 'Red Velvet' with a google search and the leaf doesn't look like a Colocasia to me (but it hard to see the leaf in the pic).
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This is not a colocasia but a Homalomena rubescens I believe I know it is a species of Homalomena but rubenscens usually does not have the hairs on the stems. I have both forms. Michael M you know the exact species off hand??
Hey...yes this is a Homalomena, I think it was collected by Betsy in Ecuador. Probably a form of H. picturata but possibly something else. Where did you get yours? Mine is kind of looking rough.
I was given this plant. The tag had that name on it...I can take a better pic of the leaf later this evening..