ALOCASIA ‘GIANT SHIELD’
Alocasia odora x Alocasia macrorrhizos
PARENTAGE: Alocasia odora x Alocasia macrorrhizos
SYNONYMS: Alocasia ‘Novodora’
HYBRIDIZER: LariAnn Garner (Aroidia Research) - hybridized in the late 1970s
VARIEGATION: N/A
DESCRIPTION: “The Alocasia macrorrhizos, when young, had reddish, slightly mottled petioles, and the progeny of the cross came in two "flavors", which we called "Novodora Red" and "Novodora Green". The plants in the pictures are "Novodora Red". The cross was performed in the late 1970s. This cross only took in the one direction, and all progeny appear to be sterile, although extremely vigorous under the proper growing conditions.
While we accomplished the objective of producing a hardier, larger plant similar to Alocasia odora, at this point we are not able to do further work with it until we attempt chromosome doubling in order to obtain viable pollen.”
INFLORESCENCE: N/A
