Colocasia 'Pharaoh's Mask'
Brian Williams' 2013 cross of Colocasia 'Dark Star' with a C. fontanesii plant. Clump-forming and runner-producing, shorter than its fontanesii parent, with ruffled olive leaves and dark purple veins. Hardy to zone 7b; stock is short because it propagates slowly.
Parentage
Wild ancestry
The wild species it descends from, with each one's share of the ancestry:
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โ The full family tree, every branch followed to a wild species
โ Its wild ancestors' native conditions, combined by their share
โ Day and night temperature targets, humidity band and light
โ A step-by-step setup to grow it like where its parents come from
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Parentage from published registrations and growers' records; the family tree in the app shows each step's source.