<h2>Today at Aroidia - July 22, 2011</h2>
<p><img title="Alocasia Imperial Dark" src="http://garden.org/pics/2011-07-22/LariAnn/d7e7f3-250.jpg" alt="Alocasia Imperial Dark" align="right" border="1" hspace="6" vspace="6" />My hybrid Alocasia, "Imperial Dark", a cross between my Alocasia "Imperial Giant" and the Alocasia macrorrhizos black-petioled type, is now blooming and today one bloomed opened, ready to receive pollen. So I've pollinated it using pollen from a selection of my cross of A. odora and A. watsoniana - this particular selection has purple undersides to the leaves but otherwise is all green. My goal here is to get a true total dark plant with the hardiness and ease of culture typical of A. odora. The Imperial Dark is a dark version of the Borneo Giant in looks and in size, but it does not have the hardiness of A. odora. One of my "holy grail" goals has been to develop a dark-petioled hybrid Alocasia with A. odora in the pedigree. This could be my chance, at long last.</p>
<p>Will it work? Watch this blog for more info.</p>
Discussions:
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| Alocasia 'Imperial dark' by RobertChumley | Aug 23, 2011 8:08 AM | 1 |
| Update on Imperial Dark by LariAnn | Jul 31, 2011 4:20 PM | 0 |
| Your 'tri-leafed philodendron hybrid' by RobertChumley | Jul 23, 2011 9:39 PM | 0 |
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