Alocasia macrorrhizos

This older picture is one of the very few we have of the pollen parent of the Alocasia x novodora. Unfortunately, we never took pictures of the plant when it was in full bloom, although the inflorescences looked quite similar to those of the Alocasia portei.

Alocasia macrorrhizos comes in quite a number of varieties, but until recent years this is the only variant that we have had the opportunity to observe in bloom and hybridize with.

We have seen a similar plant growing at Fairchild Tropical Garden.