ALOCASIA ‘MANDALAY’

Likely Alocasia ‘Polly’ mutation (Alocasia sanderiana x Alocasia longiloba ‘Watsoniana’)

PARENTAGE: Likely Alocasia ‘Polly’ mutation (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 ‘Jean Merkel’

• 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 ‘Mortefontanensis’ and Alocasia ‘Purpley’ are also closely related.

INFLORESCENCE: N/A