ALOCASIA ‘MAROON SHIELD’

Alocasia odora x Alocasia cuprea

PARENTAGE: Alocasia odora x Alocasia cuprea

SYNONYMS: Alocasia ‘Cupredora’

HYBRIDIZER: LariAnn Garner (Aroidia Research) - hybridized in the early 1980s

“The two plants depicted here are seedling variants of a hybrid between Alocasia odora (ovule parent) and Alocasia cuprea (pollen parent). The cross was performed in the early 1980s. This cross only took in the one direction, and all progeny appear to be sterile, although quite vigorous under the proper growing conditions.

While we accomplished the objective of producing a hardier, more colorful 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.”

VARIEGATION: N/A

DESCRIPTION: Large-sized leaves with a closed sinus, that remind of Alocasia odora and purple-red abaxial undersides that remind of Alocasia cuprea

INFLORESCENCE: N/A