Alocasia odora

Origin of the plant in the photos: I acquired this one from Powell's Gardens.

This plant has been sold to me as A. macrorrhiza (properly: A. macrorrhizos) which is readily available in a number of mailorder nurseries, but it has slightly peltate leaves, which A. macrorrhizos does not have.

The identity of the plant has been corrected by Dr. Alistair Hay.

Other pages with this species:

• A.odora in California (31.8 kB)

	This is a big one... the leaf shown here is 48 by 36 inches. Luckily, it is hardy outside in zone 7, so when I lived in North Carolina, I did not have to lug it back into the house. The trick to get it so big is to overwinter indoors a small (i.e., no taller than 4-5ft) offset without going dormant, and plant it out in late April.
	It is the one with vertically held leaves - the other one is Xanthosoma saggitifolia. They both grow in 25-gallon pots, about 20 inches in diameter. The small leaves at the bottom belong to Remusatia vivipara and are only 2 feet in length...
	Same plants, different point of view...

Other pages with this species:

• A.odora in California (31.8 kB)

All photos Copyright © 1995 Krzysztof Kozminski

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