ALOCASIA ‘RODAN’
Alocasia longiloba x Alocasia baginda ‘Dragon Scale
PARENTAGE: Alocasia longiloba x Alocasia baginda ‘Dragon Scale’
Ovule parent, a yellow variegated Alocasia longiloba (which the hybridizer dubbed Alocasia longiloba ‘Lemon Lime’)
SYNONYMS: N/A
HYBRIDIZER: Rodolfo Parulan Jr. of Somerset, UK crossed the two Alocasia parents in Sptember of 2024, harvesting berries in May of 2025 (see detailed timed photos below)
DESCRIPTION: A stunning pale silver-green hybrid which retains the long narrow leaves of its Alocasia longiloba parent.
This hybrid’s name, ‘Rodan’, is a portmanteau of Rodolfo and his friend Dan Spencer of Leicester, UK. Rodolfo indicated that it also has roots in Gaelic, where it means “fertile and productive”.
Photo by Rodolfo Parulan Jr.
