ALOCASIA ‘MORESBY’

Hybrid

Alocasia micholitziana x Alocasia longiloba

PARENTAGE: Alocasia micholitziana x Alocasia longiloba

SYNONYMS: N/A

HYBRIDIZER: Greg Oldano of Queensland, Australia - circa 1980.

VARIEGATION: N/A

DESCRIPTION: An attractive hybrid that retains the smooth glossy surface of Alocasia micholitziana and the overall leaf shape of Alocasia longiloba. This hybrid is not widely cultivated, and is only grown by Australian collectors.

The epithet ‘Moresby’ comes from the small town of Moresby, in the Casowary Coast region of Queensland, where Greg Oldano had his garden.

INFLORESCENCE: N/A

 

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