SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM 'MARIA ALLUSION'

Cultivar

ORIGIN:

Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

Compact, the leaves dark green with a red-bronze tint and dark pink veins,¹ the new leaves looking almost solid pink.²

NOTES:

1. Listed in 2002 as 'Mary Allusion' among the Agri-Starts sports.⁴

2. 'Plum Allusion' is its tetraploid form.⁵

3. Unconfirmed: Hatch describes an intense dark burgundy new growth with orange tints and never any cream or pale green, making it the darkest of the series after 'Plum Allusion'.³ Its variegated forms are 'Maria Allusion Variegated', with pinkish to cream sectors, and 'Maria Allusion Lava', medium green speckled creamy yellow with large white sectors carrying pink veins.³ The trade also uses 'Maria', 'Merry Allusion' and 'Cherry Allusion' for it.³

REFERENCES:

1. Chen, J., McConnell, D.B. & Everitt, K.C. 2005. Cultural guidelines for commercial production of interiorscape Syngonium. University of Florida IFAS Extension ENH 993 / EP244

2. Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida — Syngonium 'Maria Allusion'

3. Hatch, L.C. 2024. Houseplant Cultivars, Volume I, 2nd edition, Syngonium section (after the Report of the Syngonium Working Group, 2nd edition, 2023). Cultivar.org, Cary, North Carolina

4. Chen, J., Henny, R.J. & McConnell, D.B. 2002. Development of new foliage plant cultivars. In: Janick, J. & Whipkey, A. (eds), Trends in New Crops and New Uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia

5. Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida — Syngonium 'Plum Allusion'

Photo by Agri-Starts, Inc., Apopka, Florida

Photo by Forest and Kim Starr (CC BY 3.0 US)

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