I have this plant all over my yard and was wondering what it was. It can get about 6 feet tall. The leaves die with any frost, but come back from the stem when it gets warm.
ID please
Here is a picture of some of the "babies" I pulled up from the flower bed. Let me know if there is anything else that would be helpful in Identifying it. I figured the "flower" and roots would help.
Thanks!
Tabitha
That plant is either Alocasia odora or Alocasia x calidora. The leaves and bloom are fairly definitive, although the large number of babies would seem to indicate A. x calidora because A. odora doesn't produce that many babies.
So that's my ID!
LariAnn
Aroidia Research
Thank you very much! Other than the number of babies, are there any characteristics that are different between the two species that would help to identify it?
For me, it is an overall look, including leaf shape, flower structure and plant appearance. No one of these alone is good enough to make the ID, but all together I can be fairly confident. The number of babies, however, is a good giveaway to me because that characteristic came from one of the parents, A. gageana, which has tons of babies.
LariAnn
Aroidia Research
Are the leaves shiny?
"eyes"
The camera flash made them look more shiny than they really are, but they are a little shiny.
Tabitha