ALOCASIA ‘PORTORA’
Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Portei’
PARENTAGE: Alocasia odora (ovule parent) x Alocasia ‘Portei’ (pollen parent)
SYNONYMS: incorrectly refered to as Alocasia x ‘Portodora’, Alocasia' ‘Portadora’, Alocasia ‘Portidora’, Alocasia ‘Portore’
Alocasia ‘Emerald Isle’ - Proven Winners obtained a patent for what they deem a select cultivar of Alocasia ‘Portora’ under this name.
Given Proven Winner’s aggresive attempts at renaming established and described species and cultivars, it comes as no surprise that they would attempt to profit from someone else’s intellectual property and continuing to throw botanical nomenclature and rules out the window.
HYBRIDIZER: LariAnn Garner (Aroidia Research)
VARIEGATION: WHITE, MINT
DESCRIPTION: The particular selection that is commonly sold came from a group that LariAnn calls ‘Portora Green’, named thusly because the petioles and the main leaf veins are green.
An additional group was created from the initial cross, that LariAnn calls the ‘Portora Red’, which had redish/maroon petioles and main veins, and a reddish spathe. LariAnn has stated that were that selection ever to make it to market, it would be under the hybrid name Alocasia ‘Thunder Waves’.
This hybrid is one of the largest ever created, with LariAnn showcasing a specimen that was around 12 feet tall (see below)
HYBRIDS: Alocasia ‘Sumo’ (Alocasia ‘Portora’ x Alocasia princeps)
Photo by LariAnn Garner
Inflorescence photos from The Belmont Rooster
