I've got to go on and pony up the cash to join the IAS...it's cheap...ill pay more for one plant( rarely even do tho) than the cost of a year membership... But then I wouldn't have than plant...
Now that we have LariAnn's attention, I'll just hijack Dave's thread
So my understanding is that a non frydek micholitziana would have less white in the leaf veins, as well as a more narrow and scalloped leaf, there's very little info about all the afor mentioned plants online, atleast info I can find.
Are there other dramatic differences? Such as petiole coloration or size?
My main interest, other than obtaining one of course, is that it's stated in numerous sources that alocasia sarian is a hybrid of A. micholitziana and A. Zebrine... (I'm confused about A. Zebrine too...it seems to be a monicer reserved for the reticulata form of A. Zebrina😵 see told you I'm confused)...
I have a hard time understanding how parents such as those yields offspring like sarian, it swiftly grows to monstrous proportions, under a range of conditions,
Admittedly there does seem to be traits of both these parents, but hybrid vigor hardly explains how a plant more than twice the size of the larger parent!
I've never found info stating whether the A. Micholitziana used was frydek, and I'm confused with exactly what A. Zebrine is...maybe my lack of understanding sarian stems from not understand its parents...
To go along with this, I've never seen anyone credited for the cross yielding Sarian, in my opinion, an alocasia thats beauty is tough to match, big, boldly marked, and easy to grow!
I would sure want credit if I made the cross!
If anyone wants to clear ANY of this up for me... That would be just stellar!
