INTRODUCTION:
Colocasia esculenta 'Milky Way' can be considered one of the most expensive Colocasia sold in the plant market. Like the yellow and lime green freckles and blotches Colocasia types - this one is very much in cream coloration. I have seen this still sold for an extremely expensive premium prices - however this one was not well received from the collectors point of view.
The features are not very vivid or pronounced in compared to the "Lava" Series and eventually this one had faded into the background. Some vendors had to face setbacks as when they purchased this with premium prices - they were unable to get a good sale value to measure back their investment value.
This one however are one of those which didn't make it well in the market. It is still rare in comparison to their popular kinds but due to the limited cultivated factor - no one is actually interested to purchase this premium prices knowing that trending plant prices don't stay expensive too long - hence not a good investment plant to begin with.
In their other extreme - even when some collectors may be interested to collect them but identifying that this one had not saturated yet in their plant prices - none is interested to purchase them with the existing premium prices. Hence, this one is stuck in the vendor store house - until they tend to overgrow and populate and began to mass produce - this one is stuck in the that particular zone as such as this with few others which fall in this price war category.
As for now, these had finished their trending season, hence expensive or not - it is not much sought after here in my tropical region.
CHARACTERISTICS:
To note the main features are the milky white freckles in appearance on the foliage surface. One factor though, in my opinion on their premium prices could be that this one was mimicking the "Monstera Thai Constellation" series. These were highly sought after and have a strong reputation where it is still popular as indoor plant.
Apart from this slight appearance of creamy white freckles on the foliage and leaf petiole, there are no other visible unique characteristics.
It could have started the trend, hence naming such as "Milky Way" might had taken some sympathy on this plant factor. Again in my point of view, this "galaxy" didn't make it and eventually got sucked into oblivion of a "black hole" that arrived at the end of the "Plant Trend" and fell as its final destination.
Plant Care & Cultivation is very much similar like most of the Colocasia species.
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