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Alocasia Black Velvet blooms
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From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1997.04.29 at 17:58:55(677)
I'm not sure what the species is for the Alocasia Black Velvet (it's listed
in the Glasshouse Works web page as Black Velevt and not by its
horticultural name).
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Anyway, the plant has been doing quite well this past winter and is now
putting out a bloom. I'm curious if it's better for the plant to remove
the bloom or whether I can allow it to proceed. If removing a bloom would
add significant strength to further leaf production, I'd rather have the
greater number of leaves.
Les
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From: Tom Croat <croat at mobot.org> on 1997.04.29 at 22:40:06(678)
Lester: Everything being equal the inflorescence will set back leaf
production as it is essentially achlorophyllous.
Tom
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> I'm not sure what the species is for the Alocasia Black Velvet (it's listed
> in the Glasshouse Works web page as Black Velevt and not by its
> horticultural name).
>
> Anyway, the plant has been doing quite well this past winter and is now
> putting out a bloom. I'm curious if it's better for the plant to remove
> the bloom or whether I can allow it to proceed. If removing a bloom would
> add significant strength to further leaf production, I'd rather have the
> greater number of leaves.
> Les
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Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D.
P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
phone: 314-577-5163; fax 314-577-9596; email croat@mobot.org
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From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1997.04.30 at 13:53:22(680)
Assuming that the flower is as boring as I think it's going to be, I'll
take that as advice that I should remove it. I've always removed caladium
inflorescences for that reason and guess I should do the same with this.
Thanks,
Les
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At 05:40 PM 4/29/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Lester: Everything being equal the inflorescence will set back leaf
>production as it is essentially achlorophyllous.
> Tom
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>> I'm not sure what the species is for the Alocasia Black Velvet (it's listed
>> in the Glasshouse Works web page as Black Velevt and not by its
>> horticultural name).
>>
>> Anyway, the plant has been doing quite well this past winter and is now
>> putting out a bloom. I'm curious if it's better for the plant to remove
>> the bloom or whether I can allow it to proceed. If removing a bloom would
>> add significant strength to further leaf production, I'd rather have the
>> greater number of leaves.
>> Les
>>
>>
>>
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>--
>Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D.
>P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany
>Missouri Botanical Garden
>P.O. Box 299
>St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
>phone: 314-577-5163; fax 314-577-9596; email croat@mobot.org
>
>
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