I have been working on an alocasia hybrid for 2 years and have no success, until know! I have one hybrid with the berry's growing, It is a cross between an Alcoasia longiloba x Borneo Giant Hybrid and an variegated odora. which is in the pic.
Possibly four new Alcoasia Hybrids!
The Longiloba hybrid. I'm also crossing this with an Alocasia Persian Palm
Here is a Pic of the Persian Palm I'm crossing with an Alocasia cuculata
I also have a black magic crossed with a Persian Palm! Hope they all work out!
SEED!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations on your hybridization efforts! As you have found out by experience, this work is by no means an easy task.
For the record, the "persian palm" is Alocasia x calidora, one of my first hybrids. I never named it "persian palm" as you know it is not a palm and definitely not from Persia!
I did the (A. x calidora) x A. cucullata several years ago; the progeny did not sort out into any really special cultivars, at least for me. I also did the A. odora x A. reginula 'Black Velvet' and got six seedling segregates; see the link below:
http://www.aroidia.com/areginor.htm
I have one longiloba type that I intend to work with; it has leaves that are purple beneath and totally silver-gray on the upper side. I call it "Silver Ghost".
LariAnn
Aroidia Research
Ooohhhh coolllllll
Is the longloba up above a hybrid? What are the parents if so? Thanks.