Amorphophallus Dormancy,

From: Jason Sarine <jasondsarine at hotmail.com> on 2010.02.17 at 01:05:43(20609) Hi all, I recently acquired a shipment of Amorphophallus tubers including two that I have no idea if I should store them in soil or dry.  The two in question are A. Polyanthus and a hybrid.  The Hybrid is a cross between A. Putii and A. Thaiensis, both of which I also can not find any dormancy storage information.  And ideas or speculations would be appreciated, thanks! Jason Sarine HTML +More Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now.--_98665638-1b8b-4f25-b56b-c2ca5dfbe690_----==============v06231334781905609=

From: Hannon <othonna at gmail.com> on 2010.02.17 at 08:02:20(20612) Jason, I recommend storing in soil as this will insulate them better than anything else. Pot up firmly in the smallest container/s practicable, water well just once and wait for sprouting. Imports may be on a different schedule so a coaxing watering later in the season may be called for. The initial watering will "seal in" everything and once the soil dries it will reduce dehydration, help protect from mealy bugs, etc. I store all my geophytes in their pots in soil, snug and sound. Watering dormant corms ONCE should not hurt anything if they are in good shape and temps are suitable, say 60-70F. Dylan +More On 16/02/2010, Jason Sarine wrote: > > Hi all, > > I recently acquired a shipment of Amorphophallus tubers including two that I > have no idea if I should store them in soil or dry. The two in question are > A. Polyanthus and a hybrid. The Hybrid is a cross between A. Putii and A. > Thaiensis, both of which I also can not find any dormancy storage > information. And ideas or speculations would be appreciated, thanks! > > Jason Sarine > > ________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > -- It is in vain to ruminate upon, or even reflect upon the Authors or Causes of our present Misfortunes. We should rather exert ourselves to look forward with Hopes, that some lucky chance may yet turn up in our Favour. -- George Washington to Robert Morris 1776 _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" <hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2010.02.17 at 08:37:31(20613) The hybrid can be stored dry. Polyanthis is a mixed one, sometimes they accept drought very well, sometimes they tend to shrivel. I would keep it in soil. Remember too that this species has a strong will to flower immediately after leaf senescence sets in, sometimes when old leaves are still more or less present. So when you have a mature specimen, don't withhold watering when the leaves start to turn yellow. After flowering, it will have to be kept dry (although every now and then I find that they will thrive again quite shortly after flowering.......). Hey, Amorphs are easy !!! Wilbert +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens Jason Sarine > Verzonden: woensdag 17 februari 2010 2:06 > Aan: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > Onderwerp: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus Dormancy,to store dry or > not to store dry... > > Hi all, > > I recently acquired a shipment of Amorphophallus tubers > including two that I have no idea if I should store them in > soil or dry. The two in question are A. Polyanthus and a > hybrid. The Hybrid is a cross between A. Putii and A. > Thaiensis, both of which I also can not find any dormancy > storage information. And ideas or speculations would be > appreciated, thanks! > > Jason Sarine > > > ________________________________ > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get > it now. > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" <hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2010.02.17 at 08:37:31(20614) The hybrid can be stored dry. Polyanthis is a mixed one, sometimes they accept drought very well, sometimes they tend to shrivel. I would keep it in soil. Remember too that this species has a strong will to flower immediately after leaf senescence sets in, sometimes when old leaves are still more or less present. So when you have a mature specimen, don't withhold watering when the leaves start to turn yellow. After flowering, it will have to be kept dry (although every now and then I find that they will thrive again quite shortly after flowering.......). Hey, Amorphs are easy !!! Wilbert +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens Jason Sarine > Verzonden: woensdag 17 februari 2010 2:06 > Aan: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > Onderwerp: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus Dormancy,to store dry or > not to store dry... > > Hi all, > > I recently acquired a shipment of Amorphophallus tubers > including two that I have no idea if I should store them in > soil or dry. The two in question are A. Polyanthus and a > hybrid. The Hybrid is a cross between A. Putii and A. > Thaiensis, both of which I also can not find any dormancy > storage information. And ideas or speculations would be > appreciated, thanks! > > Jason Sarine > > > ________________________________ > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get > it now. > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "E.Vincent Morano" <ironious2 at yahoo.com> on 2010.02.18 at 04:05:17(20628) Jason, the answer is yes. I refuse to participate in the in the recession. --- On Tue, 2/16/10, Jason Sarine wrote: +More From: Jason Sarine Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus Dormancy, to store dry or not to store dr y... To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 5:05 PM Hi all, I recently acquired a shipment of Amorphophallus tubers including two that I have no idea if I should store them in soil or dry. The two in questio n are A. Polyanthus and a hybrid. The Hybrid is a cross between A. Putii and A. Thaiensis, both of which I also can not find any dormancy storage i nformation. And ideas or speculations would be appreciated, thanks! Jason Sarine Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --0-249928913-1266465917=:78349 _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --============== 17722049891724688==--

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