Accepted:
Yes
Established:
No
Nomenclatural Notes:
Published in:
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
Released Year:
Propagated:
Yes
Cultivar Type:
Hybrid
Originator:
Lindsay Sisti
Namer:
Lindsay Sisti
Seed Parent:
Alocasia azlanii
Pollen Parent:
Alocasia baginda 'Dragon Scale'
Base Species or Cultivar:
Alocasia azlanii x Alocasia baginda 'Dragon Scale'
Cultivar Origin:
Name Origin:
For plant hobbyists, a unicorn is a term for a rare, unique and often highly sought-after species to have in one's collection."Green Unicorn" is a play off of this term, as this plant was a unicorn to me, the creator, and to the world, as it was the first time such a hybrid was created with Alocasia azlanii. The name also kept in line with the mythical creature theme for which the pollen parent, baginda 'Dragonscale' and so many other Alocasias, are named for.
Growth Habit:
'Green Unicorn' is a terrestrial aroid with a compact and dwarf growth habit that is slightly more vigorous in growth rate compared to the parent plants.
Leaf Blade:
1. Iridescent and lustrous dark greyish green coloration on the adaxial surface of mature
leaves;
2. Dark red coloration on the abaxial surface of mature leaves;
3. Peltate shaped leaves that are slightly bullate between the primary vein and secondary
veins on the adaxial surface;
4. Light yellow green petioles and stems;
Bloom and Fruit:
Spathe:
Type: Hooded, bract, subtending spadix
Shape: Rotund above female zone, elliptical surrounding female zone
Apex: Aristate
Base: Truncate
Margin: Entire, tinted 184C (moderate purplish red) above female zone
Length: 5.4 cm above female zone, 2.3 cm surrounding female zone
Width/diameter: 3.2 cm in width above female zone and tapering towards
the apex, 2.0 cm in diameter surrounding female zone
Color (both inner and outer surfaces): 157B to 157C (pale yellow green)
above female zone, 157D (pale yellow green) surrounding female zone
Spadix:
Length: Approximately 6.0 cm
Appendix zone:
Shape: Lanceolate
Apex: Narrowly pointed
Length: 3.5 cm
Width: 0.5 mm at widest point near the base and tapering towards
the apex
Color: 155A (pale yellow green)
Distinguishing Characteristics:
‘Green Unicorn’ differs from the female parent species A. azlanii in that ‘Green Unicorn’
has leaves that are iridescent and dark greyish green on the adaxial surface and dark red on the
abaxial surface, whereas the female parent has leaves that are dark coppery purplish green on the
adaxial surface and pale green on the abaxial surface. Additionally, ‘Green Unicorn’ has
secondary veins that are moderate yellow green on the adaxial surface, whereas the female
parent has distinct secondary veins that are maroon on the adaxial surface. Furthermore, ‘Green
Unicorn’ has leaf veins that are impressed on the adaxial surface with a bullate surface between
the veins, whereas the female parent has leaf veins that protrude on both the adaxial and abaxial
surfaces.
‘Green Unicorn’ differs from the male parent Alocasia baginda ‘Dragon Scale’ in that
‘Green Unicorn’ has glabrous and shiny leaves that are dark greyish green on the adaxial surface
and a slightly bullate surface between the veins, whereas the male parent has matte leaves that
are dark green and bullate that are pale grey on the adaxial surface. Additionally, ‘Green
Unicorn’ has leaves that are dark red on the abaxial surface with a light yellow green primary
vein, whereas the male parent has leaves that are pale green on the abaxial surface with a deep
red coloration on the distal portion of the primary vein as well a deep red coloration on the
secondary and marginal veins. Furthermore, ‘Green Unicorn’ has a slightly more compact
growth habit and smaller leaf size compared to the male parent. Finally, ‘Green Unicorn’ has
more flexible and thinner glabrous leaves, whereas the male parent has thicker and stiffer
coriaceous leaves.
