Alocasia 'Regal Shields'

LariAnn Garner's 2007 cross of A. odora with A. reginula ('Black Velvet'). Much larger and easier than its pollen parent and less cold-sensitive, but smaller and darker than A. odora; hardy to about zone 10 and appears sterile.

Parentage

Alocasia odora × Alocasia reginula

Wild ancestry

The wild species it descends from, with each one's share of the ancestry:

Alocasia odora 50%

Alocasia reginula 50%

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✓ The full family tree, every branch followed to a wild species

✓ Its wild ancestors' native conditions, combined by their share

✓ Day and night temperature targets, humidity band and light

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Parentage from published registrations and growers' records; the family tree in the app shows each step's source.