ALOCASIA ‘LOCO’

Assumed as A. sanderiana x A. longiloba ‘Watsoniana’

PARENTAGE: Likely a somaclonal mutation of Alocasia ‘Mandalay’, which is itself a mutation of Alocasia ‘Polly’ (A. sanderiana x A. longiloba ‘Watsoniana’)

SYNONYMS: N/A

HYBRIDIZER: Deroose Plants in Apopka, Florida introduced the Alocasia ‘Loco’ at TPIE 2010

VARIEGATION: N/A

DESCRIPTION: This hybrid or potential mutated cultivar was introduced back in 2010 by Deroose Plants but was not initially commercially sucessful and by 2019 it had almost all but disappeared from the market. It was put into tissue culture in 2023 and reintroduced to the market.

While similar, this is a distinct cultivar from Alocasia cucullata ‘Crinkles’, Alocasia ‘Lailah’, Alocasia macrorrhizos ‘Shock Treatment’ and Alocasia ‘Venom’

INFLORESCENCE: N/A