Anthurium frost tolerance?

From: Ken Mosher <ken at spatulacity.com> on 2010.04.27 at 03:31:25(20952) 2 years ago at the IAS conference I bought my mom an Anthurium with a bright, hot pink spathe. I planted it in one of her gardens in Venice, FL. It did very well until the freezing weather this past winter. I had hoped that only the foliage was killed and that the plant had survived, but Mom reports that it isn't showing signs of life. Does anyone have any thoughts on the likelihood that it survived? How long should Mom wait to see new growth before she assumes that it's really dead? It would be too bad to lose it. It was a great looking plant. -Ken +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: STARSELL at aol.com on 2010.04.27 at 19:04:39(20958) Ken, That depends on how cold it actually got and other things too. I once assumed that Alocasia frydek I had planted one year when it was a new release had died. Two seasons later I was surprised by several little offsets that were growing quite happily (which I promptly potted up and have to this day). I learned not to *assume*. It may be dead, but if it isn't bothering anything - leave it and you just never know. If you want to be sure, dead sure, take it up and examine the roots. Hope this helps. Alison +More In a message dated 4/27/2010 1:57:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ken@spatulacity.com writes: 2 years ago at the IAS conference I bought my mom an Anthurium with a bright, hot pink spathe. I planted it in one of her gardens in Venice, FL. It did very well until the freezing weather this past winter. I had hoped that only the foliage was killed and that the plant had survived, but Mom reports that it isn't showing signs of life. Does anyone have any thoughts on the likelihood that it survived? How long should Mom wait to see new growth before she assumes that it's really dead? It would be too bad to lose it. It was a great looking plant. -Ken _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --part1_6f66c.73208a76.39088f47_boundary _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --==============X80685369393445774==--

From: STARSELL at aol.com on 2010.04.27 at 19:04:39(20959) Ken, That depends on how cold it actually got and other things too. I once assumed that Alocasia frydek I had planted one year when it was a new release had died. Two seasons later I was surprised by several little offsets that were growing quite happily (which I promptly potted up and have to this day). I learned not to *assume*. It may be dead, but if it isn't bothering anything - leave it and you just never know. If you want to be sure, dead sure, take it up and examine the roots. Hope this helps. Alison HTML +More In a message dated 4/27/2010 1:57:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ken@spatulacity.com writes: 2 years ago at the IAS conference I bought my mom an Anthurium with a bright, hot pink spathe. I planted it in one of her gardens in Venice, FL. It did very well until the freezing weather this past winter. I had hoped that only the foliage was killed and that the plant had survived, but Mom reports that it isn't showing signs of life. Does anyone have any thoughts on the likelihood that it survived? How long should Mom wait to see new growth before she assumes that it's really dead? It would be too bad to lose it. It was a great looking plant. -Ken _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --part1_6f66c.73208a76.39088f47_boundary----==============X80685369393445774=

From: "Lysne, Mark \(Wyle\)" <LYSNEM at ONR.NAVY.MIL> on 2010.04.28 at 12:21:23(20968) When my greenhouse got down to 20 degrees F for a few hours two winters ago all of the Anthuriums looked dead but did survive. It took several months before they started showing any growth. One important fact is that the soil in their pots did not freeze as it did not stay cold for very long. Mark Lysne +More -----Original Message----- From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Ken Mosher Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 11:31 PM To: Aroid list Subject: [Aroid-l] Anthurium frost tolerance? 2 years ago at the IAS conference I bought my mom an Anthurium with a bright, hot pink spathe. I planted it in one of her gardens in Venice, FL. It did very well until the freezing weather this past winter. I had hoped that only the foliage was killed and that the plant had survived, but Mom reports that it isn't showing signs of life. Does anyone have any thoughts on the likelihood that it survived? How long should Mom wait to see new growth before she assumes that it's really dead? It would be too bad to lose it. It was a great looking plant. -Ken _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Lysne, Mark \(Wyle\)" <LYSNEM at ONR.NAVY.MIL> on 2010.04.28 at 12:21:23(20969) When my greenhouse got down to 20 degrees F for a few hours two winters ago all of the Anthuriums looked dead but did survive. It took several months before they started showing any growth. One important fact is that the soil in their pots did not freeze as it did not stay cold for very long. Mark Lysne +More -----Original Message----- From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Ken Mosher Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 11:31 PM To: Aroid list Subject: [Aroid-l] Anthurium frost tolerance? 2 years ago at the IAS conference I bought my mom an Anthurium with a bright, hot pink spathe. I planted it in one of her gardens in Venice, FL. It did very well until the freezing weather this past winter. I had hoped that only the foliage was killed and that the plant had survived, but Mom reports that it isn't showing signs of life. Does anyone have any thoughts on the likelihood that it survived? How long should Mom wait to see new growth before she assumes that it's really dead? It would be too bad to lose it. It was a great looking plant. -Ken _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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