Re: [Aroid-l] Colocasia identification

From: Brian Williams <pugturd at windstream.net> on 2010.08.28 at 12:35:54(21342) This is not Colocasia gigantea. It looks like Colocasia esculenta. A few ways to tell are the coloration of the leaves. Gigantea will have a light pea green color you can also tell by the sap gigantea will have white sap which I believe is very uncommon for other Colocasia species. HTML +More ::: www.StefanoBarone.net ::: wrote: Dear Sirs, I am an Italian naturalistic writer and photographer and I've bought a rhizome on E-Bay one month a go from a man who said it belongs to a Colocasia gigantea he personally collected in Asia. Now I have a very small plant, but can you identify it? Here are the pictures: http://www.bananas.org/gallery/uploads/5325/DSC_3514.JPG http://www.bananas.org/gallery/uploads/5325/DSC_3520.JPG http://www.bananas.org/gallery/uploads/5325/DSC_3519.JPG Is it really a Colocasia gigantea or it could be a more common Colocasia esculenta? What are the scientific characteristic of a Colocaosia gigantea? Can you help me please? Best regards Stefano Barone www.stefanobarone.net [Allegato : DSC_3514.JPG] [Allegato : DSC_3519.JPG] [Allegato : DSC_3520.JPG] [Allegato : DSC_3514.JPG] [Allegato : DSC_3519.JPG] [Allegato : DSC_3520.JPG] _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --------------000105090907060203080404

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