ALOCASIA ‘SUHITA’

Hybrid

Alocasia scalprum x Alocasia ‘Black Dragon’

PARENTAGE: Alocasia scalprumx Alocasia ‘Black Dragon’

SYNONYMS: N/A

HYBRIDIZER: Brothers Oviek Hidayat and Arie Hidayat from Bogor, Indonesia

VARIEGATION: N/A

DESCRIPTION: Alocasia ‘Suhita’ retains the lanceolate shape of Alocasia scalprum when juvenile, widening slightly as it matures. The abaxial surface is red, similar to another hybrid resulting from the same cross, Alocasia ‘Green Suhita’, and differentiating it from another result of the same cross, Alocasia ‘Black Suhita’ (which has green abaxials, and silvery dark green adaxials).

This hybrid is named after Suhita, the sixth empress of Majapahit (1429-1447), on the island of Java (home to the Hidayat brothers)

Photo by Nadine Hafke

Alocasia ‘Suhita’

Alocasia scalprum used as an ovule parent

Alocasia ‘Suhita’

Alocasia ‘Black Dragon’ used as a pollen parent

INFLORESCENCE: N/A

Photo by Nadine Hafke

 

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