ALOCASIA ODORA
SYNONYMS:
HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS: Arum odorum, Caladium odoratum, Caladium odorum, Colocasia odora
HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS: Alocasia commutata, Alocasia subodorata, Alocasia tonkinensis, Arum odoratum, Caladium odoratissimum, Colocasia odora var. rubra, Colocasia odora var. viridis
ACCEPTED INFRASPECIFICS: N/A
DISTRIBUTION: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
CLIMATE: Tropical humid climate
Humidity is moderate throughout the year, ranging from 60% to 70%
Temperature is varies between the seasons - within the range of 48°F/9°C to 88°F/31°C during the day. Minimum temperatures never dip below 45°F/7°C
Rainy and humid season (October to May) and a dry season between June and October. The average annual rainfall is 1,200 mm
ECOLOGY:
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
INFLORESCENCE:
VARIEGATED FORMS: WHITE (Alocasia odora ‘Okinawa Silver’), YELLOW (Alocasia odora ‘California’)
ETYMOLOGY:
NOTES:
CULTIVARS:Alocasia odora ‘Blue’, Alocasia odora ‘California’, Alocasia odora ‘Indian’/A. ‘Architexture’, Alocasia odora ‘Okinawa Silver’
HYBRIDS:
Alocasia ‘Blue Blush Odora’(Alocasia odora ‘Blue’x Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Brisbane Blue’ (Alocasia brisbanensisxAlocasia odora ‘Blue / Azurea')
Alocasia ‘Calidora’ (Alocasia odora ‘California’x Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Conspicua’(Alocasia odora x Alocasia longiloba)
Alocasia ‘Copper Latte’(Alocasia odora x Alocasia cuprea)
Alocasia ‘‘Corrugate Shield’ / ‘Odoralba’(Alocasia odora x Alocasia alba)
Alocasia ‘Dark Star’(Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Imperial Giant’)
Alocasia ‘Emerald Shield’ (Alocasia odora ‘California’x Alocasia alba)
Alocasia ‘Giant Shield’ / ‘Novodora’(Alocasia odora xAlocasia macrorrhizos)
Alocasia ‘Grim Reaper’(Mutant of Alocasia ‘Regal Shields’: Alocasia odora x Alocasia reginula ‘Black Velvet’)
Alocasia ‘Imperial Red’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia macrorrhizos ‘Pink Petiole’)
Alocasia ‘Low Rider’(Alocasia odora x Alocasia portei)
Alocasia ‘Mayan Mask’ (Alocasia odora xAlocasia ‘Amazonica’)
Alocasia ‘Maroon Shield’ / ‘Cupreodora’ (Alocasia odora xAlocasia cuprea)
Alocasia ‘Microdora’(Alocasia odora ‘California’x Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Pixie’s Teardrops’ (Alocasia odora x Alocasia odora ‘California’)
Alocasia ‘Regal Shields / ‘Reginora’(Alocasia reginulax Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Robudora’ (Alocasia odora xAlocasia robusta)
Alocasia ‘Sanderidora’ (Alocasia odora xAlocasia sanderiana ‘Nobilis’)
Alocaisa ‘Saridora’ (Alocasia odora xAlocasia ‘Sarian’)
Alocasia ‘Subodora’(Alocasia odora x Alocasia ‘Argyrea’)
Alocasia ‘Thunder Waves’ / ‘Portora’ (Alocasia odora xAlocasia portei)
Alocasia ‘Tiny Dancers’(Alocasia brisbanensisx Alocasia odora)
Alocasia ‘Tyrion’(Alocasia odora x Alocasia portei - dwarf mutation of Alocasia ‘Portora’)
Alocasia ‘Uhinkii’(Alocasia odora xAlocasia cuprea (the same cross as Alocasia ‘Copper Latte’and Alocasia ‘Maroon Shield’))
Alocasia ‘Victory’(Alocasia odora xAlocasia ‘Uhinkii’)
Alocasia ‘Watson’s Giant’ (Alocasia odora xAlocasia longiloba ‘Watsoniana’)
Alocasia ‘Zulu Mask’(Alocasia odorax Alocasia longiloba)
