ALOCASIA ‘DRAGON MOON’

Alocasia melo x Alocasia baginda ‘Silver Dragon’

PARENTAGE: Alocasia melo x Alocasia baginda ‘Silver Dragon’

SYNONYMS: N/A

HYBRIDIZER: Degoy Plants, West Java, Indonesia is believed to be the first to successfully cross the two parents, with other hybridizers repeating it later on. Of note, the resulting plants from subsequent crosses may be similar in leaf shape and coloration, but are not technically ‘Dragon Moon’

VARIEGATION: N/A

DESCRIPTION: The ‘Dragon Moon’ epithet is a combination of one of its parents’ names ‘Silver Dragon’ and one of the hybridizer’s most favorite dishes, 'terang Bulan', a traditional Indonesian food. Bulan translates to moon

This hybrid inherited the rought leaf texture of Alocasia meloand the leaf patterns of Alocasia baginda ‘Silver Dragon’

INFLORESCENCE: N/A

Alocasia ‘Dragon Moon’ in the center, one of its parents, Alocasia melo, on the left, and its “step-sibling”, Alocasia ‘Maharani’, on the right.