Thank you for your sharing! I just got one and they are absolutely stunning plants. Just curious. Have anyone hybridised the regal shield as an experiment before?
I think because odora and Black Velvet are from different subsections I’m not sure these are even fertile. Where I’m from there is a native Alocasia, brisbanensis. It was alway thought to be part of the macrorrrhizos section. My Al.brisbanensis x macrorrhizas are mules but my odoras x brisbanensis are fertile. It’s a matter of chromosome count.
I’d expect the leave to be a little velvety considering one of the parents is black velvet. The other parent is odora, do these have fragrant blooms please ?
