Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum bloom - Cockrell Butterfly

From: "E.Vincent Morano" <ironious2 at yahoo.com> on 2010.08.15 at 18:37:55 He is using the ethylene gas given off of the bananas to help the process it would seem. I myself have successfully used ethylene to force all my amorphophallus tubers to sprout at the same time. I did this last year. This year I did not do this so I could see of they would sprout at the same time or at different times. As of now mid August, I still have some that are just barely now breaking the surface of the soil. However, I did not have success doing this to a.mulleri, it just ripened like a peice of fruit. Is smelled like a very ripe pinaple and just turned soft. Unfortunatly it was my only one so I cannot experiment further on a.mulleri I refuse to participate in the recession, Erin Vincent Morano --- On Sun, 8/15/10, Derek Burch <derek@horticulturist.com> wrote: From: Derek Burch <derek@horticulturist.com> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum bloom - Cockrell Butterfly Centerat the Houston Museum of Natural Science To: "'Discussion of aroids'" <aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com> Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 4:53 AM =0A=0A=0A =0A =0A=0A =0A=0A =0A=0A=0A=0A =0A=0A The results of this experiment will be=0Avery interesting to follow. I would have been very cautious about trying it=0Asince I would have thought ethylene is more likely to inhibit flowering then=0Aencourage it. An aging banana or apple certainly works in inducing flowering in=0Abromeliads (and was the precursor of an ethylene (usually ethrel) treatment=0Athat is pretty standard commercial practice now to time a crop=E2=80=99s=0Aflowering), as many supermarkets who had the flower section next to the produce=0Adepartment found,  when their flowers aged and died prematurely.. =0A=0A   =0A=0A =0A=0A Onward with science, and good luck=0A Houston . =0A=0A   =0A=0A Derek =0A=0A   =0A=0A   =0A=0A Sent: Monday, July 19,=0A2010 12:22 PM =0ATo: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com =0ASubject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus=0Atitanum bloom - Cockrell Butterfly Centerat the Houston Museum of Natural=0AScienceh sience =0A=0A   =0A=0A   =0A=0A =0A=0A   =0A=0A Aroiders, =0A=0A =0A=0A   =0A=0A =0A=0A =0A=0A I just came across this article (http://goo.gl/iaka)=0Aabout using ripening bananas to help the bloom open and wanted to share. There=0Ais more info about the Center and the Bloom at http://goo.gl/bSA9.=0AI searched recent emails from the list and don't see anything about this, but=0Aif I missed and am reposting, my apologies. =0A=0A =0A=0A =0A=0A   =0A=0A =0A=0A =0A=0A Best,  =0ARobert =0A=0A =0A=0A =0A=0A =0A=0A -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A --0-316604618-1281897475=:79223-- --===============1537415648912379230==

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