ALOCASIA ‘BRISBANE BLUE’

Alocasia brisbanensis x Alocasia odora ‘Blue’

PARENTAGE: Alocasia brisbanensis x Alocasia odora ‘Blue’

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HYBRIDIZER: LariAnn Garner (Aroidia Research)

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DESCRIPTION: This hybrid is one seedling that resulted from crossing Alocasia brisbanensis and Alocasia odora 'Blue' (also referred to as Alocasia odora ‘Azurea’). LariAnn obtained about a dozen seedlings total, but of all of them, this one hadthe most coloration. Others from this cross were either all green, or have just a tinge of coloration to the petioles.

The most important findings obtained from this cross are the confirmation that hybrids involving Alocasia brisbanensis seem to hold many more leaves at one time than the typical Alocasia plant does, and that crosses of Alocasia brisbanensis done with the Macrorrhizos group are sterile, while those with the Odora group are fertile. LariAnn stated that the direction for her research has shifted to focus on the hybrids involving both Alocasia brisbanensis and one of the Alocasia odora types as foundational parents for further work. While sterility is desirable in the end-product hybrids, the fertility of intermediate forms is essential to further work.

INFLORESCENCE: N/A