I got this plant from a lady in Florida that said they grew wild in her yard. I thought they were pretty so Ive brought them home. They look simlar to pics in plantfiles. I do have a Chicago harliquin plant from Agri starts (Co-op) but they look nothing alike.
Thank you for any help!
Caren
This message was edited Jul 22, 2008 6:22 PM
Stems
my chicago harliquin stems aren't mottled like that one is. HOpe you get an id for it.
I would say it is Chicago harliquin their is a form out of Hawaii that has very similar looking leaves and stems but it tends to have a bit more pink in the stems than others. It is possible that this is a variegated mutation of a common Colocasia. Just off hand I would say Chicago form. Now what does your TC plant look like?
TC?
Sorry that is Tissue culture that would be the plant from Agri starts they clone them in TC labs.
Leaf on TC plant
This message was edited Jul 22, 2008 6:44 PM
And stems
This could in fact be the same plant but with no variegations no streaking on the stems or no light blotches on the leaves. Has anyone else who ordered also seeing this?
I got 3 of them in the Co-op and they all look the same.
I went out and looked at my chicago and it does look to be the same plant as what you have but without the variegations. This is very possible due to the plant being unstable and in TC they can revert back to original form or other mutations.
When trading what should I call the first plant? Or just keep it as a NOID?
Thank you for all your help!!
Caren
It is considered Colocasia esculenta. The way I know the story is that the plant was found as a variegated mutation at the Chicago zoo by one of the staff and that it was introduced. I am not sure where their original plants came from sense they do not seem like regular forms. The best ID I could say to give the plant so others know what it is would be to call it. Colocasia Chicago harliquin (Green reverted). Hope this helps.
Thank you!
To me, the first plant, with the mottled leaves and striped petioles, looks like Harlequin.
I think some of the plants in the co-op were mixed up. The one with the pink stems could be Colocasia esculenta red stem or rhubarb.
http://www.agristarts.com/colo_redstem.htm
Or Aurora, which has pink stems (petioles)
This message was edited Jul 29, 2008 2:34 PM
