Grats jim!! LOL is that your Alocasia??

Grats jim!! LOL is that your Alocasia??

Colocasia "Thai giant",the one to the left (better seen in the second pic)is Alocasia "Borneo giant."

Quick, throw a garbage bag over it 😆 😆

Mine are doing well indoors too. They arent getting as much sun as yours, but are slowly growing, and not going into dormancy. They took a bit to long to break here, so I want to keep em going all winter ( 2ALocasia odora, and 2 Taro colocasia). The musella seedling and Basjoo i have inside are all dong well too.

Do those species put out offshoots or pups ( you know what i mean:P)

Mine are doing well indoors too. They arent getting as much sun as yours, but are slowly growing, and not going into dormancy. They took a bit to long to break here, so I want to keep em going all winter ( 2ALocasia odora, and 2 Taro colocasia). The musella seedling and Basjoo i have inside are all dong well too.

Do those species put out offshoots or pups ( you know what i mean:P)

Not this one.

Also since my home stays cool during the winter this one will shut down
before it grows to much-I want it to save it's energy for next year 😈

Nice to know it is alive though -you never know,these things put out
tremendous energy to grow like they do and digging them up is a major stress!

Nice to see Jim. I`m going to have to order some Alocasia seeds for a winter project. They should be a half decent size by April 2011.

John

Hey jim, i have a slightly unrelated question for you if you dont mind....

I was looking up some info on some seeds i ordered (musa balbisiana), and I keep getting some hits on "Musa Balbisiana "Thai black". Are Thai black and Balbisiana the same plant, or is the TB a var?

Jim,
that is indeed a good sign. You'll be well ahead next Spring.
It has been warm here, too (e.g., today's low was about 57 oF!) and one of my "dead" Colocasia is putting out a leaf now outdoors. Musella has a new leaf, and all Musa basjoo have sent spears up a few inches. I'll get a light frost this weekend, but no really cold weather in the forecast. --Erik

That's good stuff Jim! Good thing your house stays cool or you won't get it out of there 😆

Bill

Dispite the few frosts weve had here, my passiflora is still growing, and alive. They cyperus finally got knocked down.... That bed is one hell of a microclimate!!!!

Hey jim, i have a slightly unrelated question for you if you dont mind....

I was looking up some info on some seeds i ordered (musa balbisiana), and I keep getting some hits on "Musa Balbisiana "Thai black". Are Thai black and Balbisiana the same plant, or is the TB a var?

JESSE-

I guess the short answer is no but I will go with not necessarily Thai Black- but it could be-
because that's more helpful.

BILL-

It's a good thing it doesn't stay 80f in my house or I would come home to find the window
totally blocked by 1 GIANT leaf!!!!!!

ZERO!

Thanks jim, the answer i found was yes, its just a variation on the species.... damn, i got my hopes up for some Thai Black 🙁 ( i still have a very small chance that one of the seeds germinated will have the variation, but that chance is very very slim)

Really to bad we can't sneak plants over the border,I know someone who has
Black Thai nanars for sale.

Well we COULD, Just the reprocussions of gettng caught LOL. Id never ask someone to do that for me... Its just as bad as fishing ove th elimit here, a few years ago, this guy caught caught with a few walleye over the limit ( I think 2), they took his truck, boat, and put a lean up against his house. One guy who got caught over fishiing had his house, car, everything taken ( reeat offfender). As far as i know, they punishments and reprocussions are similar:s