Multiple dormancy questions

From: John Ludwig onesforusall at yahoo.com> on 2006.11.14 at 01:18:21(14808) I am very inexperienced when it comes to the needs of various Aroids while they are dormant. I have the following varieties and would like to know about any special needs they may have while they are dormant. +More Colocasia Heterochroma 'Dark Shadows' Sauromatum Venosum Alocasia Sanderiana Remusatia Vivapara Thank you for any advice you can give me. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2006.11.14 at 10:11:33(14809) Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:18 AM To : aroid-l@gizmoworks.com +More Subject : [Aroid-l] Multiple dormancy questions Dear John, I will TRY to at least give you SOME advice, but this will depend on where you live and how cold it gets. See below--- I am very inexperienced when it comes to the needs of various Aroids while they are dormant. I have the following varieties and would like to know about any special needs they may have while they are dormant.<< 1) Colocasia Heterochroma 'Dark Shadows'---I am not familiar with this species, but basically the genus Colocasis 'come' in either a form that produces a tuber before going dormant (like a Caladium does), and the stoloniferous varieties/species which do not. If you live in a cold zone where it remains cold/cool for a long period of time, with the corm/tuber forming vars. remove the corm/tuber from the soil, wash it, dust w/ a fungicide, and store in a paperbag in a cool/warm area. Here in Florida the garage does just fine. The species/vars with stolons, I have heard, can be stored in damp sphagnum kept cool, but I HOPE that someone with more experience writes in, these do not go dormant in their 'natural' state. Sauromatum (Typhonium) venosum---treat like a Caladium or Colocasia w/ a corm, (above). Like other cormous genera, they should be ready for planting out in late spring and will let you know when the corm begins to produce a growing OR a flowering shoot. Alocasia Sanderiana---see above, this one can be touchy! Remusatia Vivapara---see above. Does this genus produce a corm??? I can`t find my TGOA 'bible' in my home`s confusion, but I believe from memory that it does. Good Luck! Julius ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "D. Christopher Rogers" crogers at ecoanalysts.com> on 2006.11.14 at 17:57:10(14811) Hello John, I can only comment on your Typhonium (formerly Sauromatum) venosum. I do not know about the climate where you live, but here in central California (zone 8) I grow them out doors in pots and in the ground. The plants come out of dormancy in the late spring pushing up a leaf which lasts for a few weeks, and then is replaced by a larger leaf, which may or may not be replaced, and lasts until the end of September. After the leaves die, I dig up all the tubers, clean them and bring them inside. The usually start sending up a flower in November, with the flower actually blooming in March, and then I plant them after the flower dies. If I leave the plants out side during the winter, the flowers are small and stunted, the tubers grow much more slowly, and they produce very few offsets. This is one of my favorite plants. I hope this helps, Christopher +More D. Christopher Rogers Invertebrate Ecologist/Taxonomist ((,///////////=====< EcoAnalysts, Inc. (530) 406-1178 166 Buckeye Street Woodland CA 95695 USA ? Invertebrate Taxonomy ? Invertebrate Ecological Studies ? Bioassessment and Study Design ? Endangered Invertebrate Species ? Zooplankton ? Periphyton/ Phytoplankton Moscow, ID ? Bozeman, MT ? Woodland, CA ? Neosho, MO ? Selinsgrove, PA www.ecoanalysts.com -----Original Message----- [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com]On Behalf Of John Ludwig Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:18 PM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Multiple dormancy questions I am very inexperienced when it comes to the needs of various Aroids while they are dormant. I have the following varieties and would like to know about any special needs they may have while they are dormant. Colocasia Heterochroma 'Dark Shadows' Sauromatum Venosum Alocasia Sanderiana Remusatia Vivapara Thank you for any advice you can give me. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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