ALOCASIA ‘PUCCIANA’
Alocasia longiloba ‘Putzeysii’ x Alocasia longiloba ‘Korthalsii’
PARENTAGE: Alocasia longiloba ‘Putzeysii’ x Alocasia longiloba ‘Korthalsii’ (listed in literature as Alocasia ‘Putzeysii’ (ovule) x Alocasia ‘Thibautiana’). The reverse of this cross was also successful and published as Alocasia ‘Luciani’ (Alocasia longiloba ‘Korthalsii’ x Alocasia longiloba ‘Putzeysii’)
Illustrations of hybrid parents Alocasia ‘Putzeysii’ and Alocasia longiloba 'Korthalsii' (listed as ‘Thibautiana’ historically)
Kew herbarium specimen of Alocasia longiloba ‘Putzeysii’
SYNONYMS: likely the same plant/cross as Alocasia ‘Kerchoveana’ which is listed in literature to have the same parents, and was introduced approximately three years later, in 1890
HYBRIDIZER: Mr. Ferdinando Ragionieri, head of the greenhouses of the city of Florence; hybridized in 1884 and introduced in 1885 (see below). He dedicated the hybrid to Mr. Angiolo Pucci, director of the parks and gardens of Florence.
VARIEGATION: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Journal de la Société d'Horticulture de France Serie III. T.XII (1890) P.224
“Alocasia ‘Pucciana’ stands out with its petiole channeled, cylindrical, of a deep crimson red color, marked by irregular and undulating zones, distinct from those of Alocasia longiloba ‘Putzeysii’; at the top, these sheaths disappear. The leaf blade of the plant is peltate-sagittate, but more oval and less sagittate than Alocasia longiloba ‘Putzeysii’; it measures in length 0.50 m and in width 0.25 m. The color of the upper side is dark green; the median rib and primary veins are prominent, edged with white, and are themselves of a brilliant silvery white. The veins of a pure white are also surrounded by a silver white zone, forming a network of a charming aspect. The entire leaf blade is edged with white on a width of about 0.003 m. The lower side is of a uniform purplish color, glossy. This beautiful Aroid has been obtained in June 1885, in the municipal gardens of Florence; the plant is due to the artificial fertilization of Alocasia longiloba ‘Putzeysii’ by the pollen of Alocasia longiloba ‘Korthalsii’"
INFLORESCENCE: N/A
HYBRIDS: Alocasia ‘Pucciana’ was further used in multiple crosses:
Alocsasia ‘Argyrea’ (Alocasia longiloba x Alocasia ‘Pucciana’)
Alocasia ‘Conspicua’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Pucciana’)
Alocasia ‘Gibba’ (Alocasia ‘Pucciana’ x Alocasia ‘Argyrea’)
Alocasia ‘Martin Cahuzac’ (Alocasia longiloba ‘Korthalsii’ x Alocasia ‘Pucciana’)
