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Feb 10, 2010 10:59 AM CST
Name: Steve Lucas
Siloam Springs, AR
According to Bill Rotolante and his father Denis who are friends of LariAnn, myself and many aroid growers and also owners of the nursery where Alocasia Poly was found, this is smaller variation of Alocasia Amazonica. It was discovered by Bill and Denis in a batch of tissue cultured plants and the name "Poly" was chosen since they first thought their smaller stable hybrid was a polyploid form of Amazonica Amazonica. A polyploid specimen is one that has an extra set of chromosomes which doubles the basic number. Polyploidy can cause oddities including a difference in size. DNA tests on the plant have since shown this assumption was not correct so Poly appears to be only a natural variation. Lots of sellers call it Polly but that isn't the name Bill and Denis gave the plant.

Steve

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