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Alocasia/Colocasia Leaf Hardiness

Ben in Norcal
Ben in Norcal
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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On 2/6/2017, 5:03:22, annafl said:

Phil. Giganteum (almost lost it winter of 2010 here- down to 27, but came back strong), and Alocasia Borneo Giant in back (cold wimp).

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Anna, and all - check out the A. "Borneo King" on eBay; purportedly a cross of the "wimpy" Borneo Giant with A. odora, the latter imparting more cold hardiness, the former size.  I just picked one up to experiment with.  There are a couple left if you are interested.  

Have spent the last couple of weeks acquiring a good selection of Alocasia to play around with, based on your recommendations - and a few others based on my own research.  (Agristarts is a great resource!)  Lots of the ones I have acquired have A. odora in them so hoping for some improved leaf hardiness as a result!  Should be fun to see how these do in my hot/dry, cool/wet climate and I will report back if you remind me to! ;)

Ben Rogers

On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

My back yard weather station: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=37.954%2C-121.945&sp=KCACONCO37
11 hours ago, Ben in Norcal said:

Anna, and all - check out the A. "Borneo King" on eBay; purportedly a cross of the "wimpy" Borneo Giant with A. odora, the latter imparting more cold hardiness, the former size.  I just picked one up to experiment with.  There are a couple left if you are interested.  

Have spent the last couple of weeks acquiring a good selection of Alocasia to play around with, based on your recommendations - and a few others based on my own research.  (Agristarts is a great resource!)  Lots of the ones I have acquired have A. odora in them so hoping for some improved leaf hardiness as a result!  Should be fun to see how these do in my hot/dry, cool/wet climate and I will report back if you remind me to! ;)

Worth a try.  So much fun to experiment if you have the space-  I'm running out of room at this point.  Frequently things need to come out if I want to put something in.  That's good too, though.  I will learn through your experiments!  Be sure to report back with any successes and heartaches.  Thanks!

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