ALOCASIA ‘SPLENDIDA’
Alocasia macrorrhizos (?) x Alocasia sanderiana
PARENTAGE: Alocasia macrorrhizos (?) x Alocasia sanderiana
SYNONYMS: Alocasia ‘Splendens’
HYBRIDIZER: N/A
VARIEGATED FORMS: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
This hybrid, if it ever existed as described, is no longer in cultivation. The only two extant literary sources are a little conflicting, one source identifying it incorrectly as a species from Sumatra, while the second source listing a potential parentage pair.
"Alocasia splendida (Fig. 16): This species originating from Sumatra has in its form some resemblance to the Alocasia zebrina, but does not reach such dimensions, remaining of medium size. The beautiful shiny foliage has milky-white main ribs, which make the appearance exceptionally decorative."
Wiener Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung (1901) P.194
"Alocasia splendens (Hort.), Linden (? Alocasia indica x Alocasia sanderiana). — The leaves are 45 cm long, three times longer than wide; lamina partially spotted with pale macules, subsagittate, with the margin almost lobate-lanceolate, 30cm long, 13 cm wide; the anterior lobes ovato-triangular with an acute apex, with the margin of the lobes 3–4 (veins) blunt obtuse; primary lateral nerves as well as the lobes with a whitish streaked midvein; the posterior lobes somewhat obtusely angular with three times shorter and slightly introverted secondary veins, bases shortly conjoined, without an acute joint, the external side sinuated along the entirety, with the posterior costs at an obtuse angle (about 30°) distanced, the exterior lateral nerves 2–3 prominent. Peduncles slender, about 20 cm long, 5–6 mm thick. Spathe tube ovate, 1.5 cm long, 1.2 cm thick; the lamina of the oblong apex acuminate nearly 10 cm long, expanded 3.5 cm wide. Spadix shorter than the spathe with the female inflorescence cylindrical, 1.2 cm long, male part narrowly ellipsoidal slightly longer interstice with a very attenuated nerve sequence; appendix sterile subulate nearly 6 cm long, attenuated on both ends.”
Das Pflanzenreich: Regni Vegetablilis Conspectus: Heft 70-71 (1919-1920) P.111
