Re: tall Alocasia 'Calidora' with a "pseudotrunk"

**G* Y* <g*@mydestiny.net>**

Julius and Eric,

Some of the A. macrorrhizos I encountered in habitat 2 years ago were

fallen while others were still upright. They were on a slope up a

hill. The area was quite wet, being along a water run-off. I think

the fallen ones lost their foothold, maybe after a flashflood, as

shown in the first attached picture. Some of the fallen ones grew to

be quite big after their fall. The 2nd attached picture shows a clump

of trunks wedged together at the bottom, thus supporting each other

and staying upright.

George Yao
Metro-Manila
Philippines

At 6/25/2008 06:09 AM, you wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:30:29 -0700
> From: leu242@yahoo.com
> To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
> Subject: [Aroid-l] tall Alocasia 'Calidora' with a "pseudotrunk"

Dear Eric,

Yes, some Alocasias do grow tall. I THINK that on this list, and

only just recently, Pete Boyce was describing how, in the wild, the

falling leaves keep up with the vertical growth of an Alocasia

rhizome/''trunk'', and that many Alocasias eventually die when

potted because the grow too tall and there is no humus being

deposited around the rhizomes for them to send new roots into. I

THINK he also said that many species sort of ''fall over'' naturally

and grow horizontally along the ground. He said to try growing

them in a pot about 1/2 full of medium, and adding old leaves around

their rhizomes as they became taller.

We find the same thing/problem with Neotropical Xanthosoma sps., the

equiv. to the Asian Alocasias.

Good Growing,

Julius

> I knew the tubers on some Alocasia would grow above
> ground and form a "pseudotrunk" but didn't know they
> could get this big. This is Alocasia 'Calidora' and it
> is about 7ft tall with about 5ft of "trunk"
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4roegn
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> Eric
> Orlando,FL z9b/10a
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