ALOCASIA ODORA
SYNONYMS: A. commutata, A. subodorata, A. tonkinensis, Arum odoratum, Arum odorum, Caladium odoratissimum, Caladium odorum, Colocasia odora
DISTRIBUTION: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
CLIMATE: Tropical humid climate
Humidity is moderate throughout the year, ranging from 60% to 70%
Temperature is varies between the seasons - within the range of 48°F/9°C to 88°F/31°C during the day. Minimum temperatures never dip below 45°F/7°C
Rainy and humid season (October to May) and a dry season between June and October. The average annual rainfall is 1,200 mm
ECOLOGY:
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
INFLORESCENCE:
VARIEGATED FORMS: WHITE (Alocasia odora ‘Okinawa Silver’), YELLOW (Alocasia odora ‘California’)
ETYMOLOGY:
NOTES:
CULTIVARS: Alocasia odora ‘Blue’, Alocasia odora ‘California’, Alocasia odora ‘Indian’/A. ‘Architexture’, Alocasia odora ‘Okinawa Silver’
HYBRIDS:
Alocasia ‘Blue Blush Odora’ (Alocasia odora ‘Blue’ x Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Brisbane Blue’ (Alocasia brisbanensis x Alocasia odora ‘Blue / Azurea')
Alocasia ‘Calidora’ (Alocasia odora ‘California’ x Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Conspicua’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia longiloba)
Alocasia ‘‘Corrugate Shield’ / ‘Odoralba’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia alba)
Alocasia ‘Dark Star’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Imperial Giant’)
Alocasia ‘Emerald Shield’ (Alocasia odora ‘California’ x Alocasia alba)
Alocasia ‘Giant Shield’ / ‘Novodora’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia macrorrhizos)
Alocasia ‘Grim Reaper’ (Mutant of Alocasia ‘Regal Shields’: Alocasia odora x Alocasia reginula ‘Black Velvet’ )
Alocasia ‘Imperial Red’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia macrorrhizos ‘Pink Petiole’)
Alocasia ‘Low Rider’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia portei)
Alocasia ‘Mayan Mask’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Amazonica’)
Alocasia ‘Maroon Shield’ / ‘Cupreodora’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia cuprea)
Alocasia ‘Microdora’ (Alocasia odora ‘California’ x Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Pixie’s Teardrops’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia odora ‘California’)
Alocasia ‘Regal Shields / ‘Reginora’ (Alocasia reginula x Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Robudora’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia robusta)
Alocasia ‘Sanderidora’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia sanderiana ‘Nobilis’)
Alocaisa ‘Saridora’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Sarian’)
Alocasia ‘Subodora’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Argyrea’)
Alocasia ‘Thunder Waves’ / ‘Portora’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia portei)
Alocasia ‘Tiny Dancers’ (Alocasia brisbanensis x Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Tyrion’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia portei - dwarf mutation of Alocasia ‘Portora’)
Alocasia ‘Uhinkii’ (Alocasia cuprea x Alocasia odora (the reverse cross of Alocasia ‘Maroon Shield’))
Alocasia ‘Victory’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Uhinkii’)
Alocasia ‘Watson’s Giant’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia longiloba ‘Watsoniana’)
Alocasia ‘Zulu Mask’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia longiloba)
