ALOCASIA ‘KERCHOVEANA

Alocasia longiloba x Alocasia longiloba ‘Korthalsii’

PARENTAGE: Alocasia longiloba ‘Putzeysii’ x Alocasia longiloba ‘Korthalsii’ (listed in literature as Alocasia ‘Putzeysii’ x Alocasia ‘Thibautiana’)

SYNONYMS: Alocasia ‘Count de Kerchove’

Alocasia ‘Kerchoveana’ is the same cross, or perhaps the same plant as either Alocasia ‘Luciani’ or Alocasia ‘Pucciana’ which have the same parentage and are just reverse crosses of each other. They were also introduced approximately three years earlier, in 1887

HYBRIDIZER: N/A

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DESCRIPTION:

“It is remarkable for its large foliage of a very glazed green, with nerves of a brilliant silver-white, creating a charming effect”

Journal de la Societe Nationale D’Horticulture de France v.3 (1890) P. 221

Though not confirmed by literature, this hybrid was likely named after the president of the Royal Society for Agriculture and Botany, Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem (1844-1906), internationally renowned for his study of palms and orchids.

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Illustrations of Alocasia ‘Putzeysii’ and Alocasia ‘Thibautiana’