gonatopus boivinii dormancy

From: aroidgrower at verizon.net (John Ludwig) on 2007.10.05 at 21:38:48(16400) Hello to all, I have a dormancy question about this species. I have just recently brought this indoors for the winter. This is my first year growing this and have had it for about 4 months now. It did not put on any new growth, but when I re-potted it in late August it was just starting to produce a lot of new roots. I had to re-pot almost everything I had because my soil was not draining well at all. The light level has dropped for this plant since I brought it inside 3 weeks ago. The leaves are turning a little yellow. No new growth yet above soil level. Does this Species have a distinct dormant period? Or should I attribute the yellowing to possibly slight over watering and not enough light since it was moved indoors? Does this species require bone dry conditions during dormancy? I thank everyone for any advice they can share. Regards, John Ludwig

From: leo at possi.org (Leo A. Martin) on 2007.10.05 at 22:58:18(16404) Hello, This plant grows during warm weather and is dormant during cooler weather. The only other thing I can say is that this plant is highly susceptible to spider mites. I can't keep it alive very long in low-humidity Phoenix due to repeat spider mite attacks. (No greenhouse here at Castillo San Miguel.) In a typical centrally-heated house you are going to have lots of spider mites. Better keep an eye on it, and be ready with the spray bottle of water or rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) to kill the mites. Leo Martin +More Phoenix Arizona USA > I have a dormancy question about this species. > > I have just recently brought this indoors for the winter. This is my > first year growing this and have had it for about 4 months now. It > did not put on any new growth, but when I re-potted it in late August > it was just starting to produce a lot of new roots. > > I had to re-pot almost everything I had because my soil was not > draining well at all. > > The light level has dropped for this plant since I brought it inside > 3 weeks ago. The leaves are turning a little yellow. No new growth > yet above soil level. > > Does this Species have a distinct dormant period? > > Or should I attribute the yellowing to possibly slight over watering > and not enough light since it was moved indoors? > > Does this species require bone dry conditions during dormancy? > > I thank everyone for any advice they can share. > > Regards, > > John Ludwig

From: ronmchatton at aol.com (ronmchatton at aol.com) on 2007.10.06 at 02:15:33(16406) John: It's my experience that this species goes completely dormant in the winter (here in Central Florida) and I keep it essentially dry until growth begins in the spring.? It's possible that your leaves are yellowing simply because of the onset of dormancy but it'a also possible since you say it was potted in something that didn't drain well that you have a problem with the corm.? I would slip it out of the pot and carefully inspect the corm.? If that's ok then it's most likely just dormancy. Ron McHatton +More Central Florida -----Original Message----- From: John Ludwig To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 5:38 pm Subject: [Aroid-l] gonatopus boivinii dormancy Hello to all, I have a dormancy question about this species. I have just recently brought this indoors for the winter. This is my first year growing this and have had it for about 4 months now. It did not put on any new growth, but when I re-potted it in late August it was just starting to produce a lot of new roots. I had to re-pot almost everything I had because my soil was not draining well at all. The light level has dropped for this plant since I brought it inside 3 weeks ago. The leaves are turning a little yellow. No new growth yet above soil level. Does this Species have a distinct dormant period? Or should I attribute the yellowing to possibly slight over watering and not enough light since it was moved indoors? Does this species require bone dry conditions during dormancy? I thank everyone for any advice they can share. Regards, John Ludwig _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20071005/4b47e5bc/attachment.htm

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