Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus costatus flowering

From: <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2008.12.11 at 11:28:39 Dear Eric=2C Yes=2C the leaf usually dies down=2C and a few months later a bloom is produced. =3B Since A. konjac is usually grown in cooler climates (I recall seeing several which were grown in the ground in bloom  =3B at Dr. Tom Croat`s home in Missouri!)=2C the corm usually will go through a dormant period in the winter=2C and when the warmth of Spring sends the corm a ''signal''=2C the dormant corm then produces a bloom. =3B =3B Because the corm was shipped to you in Florida probably from a cooler Northern region=2C the warmth of a Florida ''winter'' probably sent a false ''signal'' to the corm that Spring has arrived=2C hence the early bloom. Further information about the odor emitted by blooming Amorphophallus=2C there are many funny tales about this=2C two are--  =3BA guy comes home to find his house surrounded by emergency trucks and personnel. =3B His Mum had called them=2C as his dormant corm which he had stored in his basement had bloomed=2C and she thought the bad smell was a gas leak! Another was a guy seeing his roof covered in Turkey Vultures=2C they had followed and come to =3B the smell of a blooming A. konjac in his collection. Good Luck=2C Julius >=3B Date: Wed=2C 10 Dec 2008 07:03:55 -0800 >=3B From: leu242@yahoo.com >=3B To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >=3B Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus costatus flowering >=3B >=3B Thanks for the ID Wilbert. >=3B >=3B Thats kind of disappointing but its alright=2C we never >=3B have gotten A. konjac to grow here=2C the nematodes in >=3B our sandy soil always get them. I will keep this one >=3B potted up. Now we have a flowering specimen. >=3B >=3B It has opened today and is emitting odor. Is that >=3B abnormal for the leaf to have died down and then an >=3B inflorescence come up a month and a half later=2C and it >=3B is in Dec. ? >=3B >=3B http://tinyurl.com/6rys5c >=3B >=3B http://tinyurl.com/63f5a8 >=3B >=3B http://tinyurl.com/6rt6sf >=3B >=3B http://tinyurl.com/6pyol2 >=3B >=3B >=3B Eric >=3B Leu Gardens >=3B Orlando=2CFL >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B --- Wilbert Hetterscheid <=3Bhetter@xs4all.nl>=3B wrote: >=3B >=3B >=3B Hi Eric=2C >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B I am afraid it is The Great Invader......... Am. >=3B >=3B konjac. You've been >=3B >=3B had............. >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B Cheers=2C >=3B >=3B Wilbert >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >=3B >=3B >=3B Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com >=3B >=3B >=3B [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens >=3B >=3B Eric Schmidt >=3B >=3B >=3B Verzonden: maandag 8 december 2008 21:53 >=3B >=3B >=3B Aan: Discussion of aroids >=3B >=3B >=3B Onderwerp: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus costatus >=3B >=3B flowering >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B I assume this is Amorphophallus costatus. It was >=3B >=3B donated a >=3B >=3B >=3B few months ago and had this tag and a A. >=3B >=3B >=3B macrorhizus tag in it. The leaf died down about a >=3B >=3B month and a >=3B >=3B >=3B half ago and now the inflorescence is coming up. >=3B >=3B Does this >=3B >=3B >=3B one get a bad odor? >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B http://tinyurl.com/64x6y6 >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B http://tinyurl.com/5fpb3s >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B Eric >=3B >=3B >=3B Leu Gardens >=3B >=3B >=3B Orlando=2CFL >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B _______________________________________________ >=3B >=3B >=3B Aroid-L mailing list >=3B >=3B >=3B Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >=3B >=3B >=3B http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B _______________________________________________ >=3B >=3B Aroid-L mailing list >=3B >=3B Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >=3B >=3B http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B _______________________________________________ >=3B Aroid-L mailing list >=3B Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >=3B http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --_709d11cc-3bd0-4c31-823e-743457200d84_----===============3020678658829784485==

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