Re: Alocasia cuprea ID needed
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- Subject: Re: Alocasia cuprea ID needed
- From: K* K*
- Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:56:34 -0500 (CDT)
On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Don Martinson wrote:
> I have a small plant that I received labeled as Alocasia cuprea. It
> is pictured at the following:
> http://www.execpc.com/~llmen/alocasiacuprea.jpg
>
> The veination doesn't seem as deeply set as plants I've seen and the
> underside of the leaf is definitely not red-violet (per Hortus III).
> Is this plant misidentified or do these features take time to develop
> more fully?
Your plant looks to me very similar to Alocasia clypeolata (see
http://www.kozminski.com/Araceae/Alocasia/clypeolata.html).
KK
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