Hiya,
I'm new to Colocasia and loved the look of this one so thought i'd invest.
So far so good it turned up wrapped in wet newspaper and in a plastic bag.
I potted it straight away and put it in my growing room nice and warm with extra artificial light.
The 2 leaves seemed to yellow over night so i trimmed them to reduce water loss through the leaves.
Any tips any one?
Mike
Colocasia formosana.... help
Do you have pics of this plant? Or a source? I would be interested in seeing what it looks like I have had no luck finding photos on the net. It is possibly remustia? I could ID it if I see a pic but I think they are confused sometimes though it seems both are lagit names.
Hiya,
Yeah sure i got it from this web site over here in the uk.
http://www.mailorder.crug-farm.co.uk/default.aspx?alpha=C
Mine is not very photo genic at the moment it looks poorly!
Mike
Mike I looked at the site and the photo they have shown on the website is a Xanthosoma a south american species. Though they said the seeds were collected in Tiawan which would be were formosana is from. I asked if they would be willing to ship me a few hopefully so. Formosana from what I can gather has no back lobes so the leaves should look like big tear drops or spears. This would be a great addition to my breeding program. Hopefully I can get a few and hopefully they are the right species. Good luck once your seedling gets a few leaves post them up. I would like to see it.
Hiya,
The plant i was sent had 2 leaves but these where yellow and semed to dry out overnight!
My plant is not the happiest i have seen! I buy and sell plants for a living, but these i know nothing about.
If they won't ship to you directly i can try and buy some and then send on to you. Might be more expensive with 2 lots of posting but if its the only way let me know. You won't be the first person in the US i have done this for. hehe
Do you know how to grow theses? Will loosing the leaves kill it or can it grow new ones from the rootstock?
Mike
hey, maybe i worried too soon. I have been away for a few days and wrote that last post without going to look at it.
Its sprung a new leaf! Its all curled up at the moment but it held upright and looks healthy!
I'll get you a picture as soon as it opens.... at this speed it could be overnight!
Mike
They are very fast growers much like a banana. The tubers hold energy and in a warm bright area they seem to take off fairly fast. I can usually ID them very well even from juvinal plants. The papers I have seen on this species says it has no real back lobes so it would have a almost tear drop shaped leaf. I will tell you what I can when you get a pic up. If it looks different I would be very interested in getting a few. I talked to the nursery and they said they do not ship here. This seem to happen often when I find something I really want LOL.
Hiya,
I think if i wait till sunday the leaf will be fully open. Or is a curled leaf good enough.
Its half open now and today has been really dull weather!
Don't worry about getting one at the moment. There is allways a way.
I only have one because they had another plant i have waited for 2 years to get!
It cost me a total of £125 as the delivery charge was big so i ordered these other bits to spread the cost. lol
By the way the nursery is Welsh and i'm English so i doubt they like me too much. hehe
Speak soon
Mike
I just took these 2 pics. There not great but i hope they help
and this one
Mike
Was that a 125 pounds for the plant?
Sorry it was the totall... i'll show you why.
1x (Araceae)Colocasia > formosana £10.00 £10.00
2x (Asteraceae)Dahlia > imperialis £15.00 £30.00
1x (Araliaceae)Schefflera > taiwaniana £30.00 £30.00
1x (Apiaceae)Myrrhidendron > donnellsmithii £12.50 £12.50
1x (Apiaceae)Eryngium > aff. strotheri £8.50 £8.50
1x (Alstroemeriaceae)Bomarea > aff. costaricensis £12.00 £12.00
total £103.00
postage & packing £25.00
order total £128.00
The packing was the same for 1 plant as it was for all this lot so i added these to my order.
In the end the Alocasia was bigger and £15 and the Myrrhidendron wasn't available!
The hardy sheff and the alocasia are the best looking ones at the moment.
Mike