Some coloured Aglaonemas .

Got a few of the fancy new Asian hybrid Aglaonemas recently . I know many have been imported , but very few released . Why is it so ? The old style green ones are nearly indestructable .

another Alocasia princeps

Visited the local nursery in town and found a few pots of a dark stemmed shiny Alocasia I am sure is a form of Alocasia princeps . YES it is a new form of princeps from Borneo ,,

Briam Williams in Kentucky has tried it , and it has more cold tolerance than typical forms . Can grow to 1m , and it should clump well . The Bogor Giant form I have has produced many offsets .

Flecker in mid-winter .

Took a few people around the gardens over the Brom Conference .. amazed at how warm this winter has been . Its fooled a Dracontium gigas into flowering . The foliage was past its prime , all the leaves had been trimmed off , and when the flower was placed front and center in the Fernery , even the stem had been removed . Still a very impressive spike ,, easily a meter tall .

Some of the Cyrtosperma plants had fresh flowers , most impressive were these large leaves on an Alocasia reginula .