ALOCASIA ‘MANDALAY’
Assumed to be Alocasia sanderiana x Alocasia longiloba ‘Watsoniana’
PARENTAGE: Likely a mutation of Alocasia ‘Polly’(Alocasia sanderiana x Alocasia longiloba ‘Watsoniana’)
SYNONYMS:Alocasia ‘Parasol’
HYBRIDIZER: Discovered as a mutation of Alocasia ‘Polly’, by Ned & Kim Bradford of Bradford Botanicals and patented by Agristarts under USPP #25310P3 in February of 2015
VARIEGATION: N/A
DESCRIPTION: Short, compact growing; ovate leaves with pronounced silver venation
The original cross has been one of the most prolific in the genus Alocasia, with some of its “cousins” being more famously known than the others:
Alocasia ‘Amazonica’by Salvadore Mauro of Amazon Nursery
Alocasia ‘Balloon Heart’ - South Korea
Alocasia ‘Polly’ by Bill Rotolante of Silver Krome Gardens
Alocasia ‘Mandalay’ by Bradford Botanicals
Alocasia ‘Loco’ - by Deroose Plants
Alocasia ‘Purpley’ by Bill Rotolante of Silver Krome Gardens
Alocasia ‘Venom’ by Mason Lee of Mason Plants
Alocasia ‘Mark Campbell’ by David Fell of Hawaiian Sunshine Nursery
Alocasia ‘Mortefontanensis’ by Édouard-François André
Given the high variability of what literature labeled as Alocasia longiloba it is not surprising that the results of this cross by multiple hybridizers have produced such different hybrids. One can group Alocasia ‘Jean Merkel’ and Alocasia ‘Mark Campbell’ together, while Alocasia ‘Amazonica’, Alocasia ‘Mortefontanesis’ and Alocasia ‘Purpley’ are also closely related.
INFLORESCENCE: N/A
Photo by @amrand29
