Re: [aroid-l] question about tubers vs. bulbs

From: Dan Levin levin at pixar.com> on 2003.05.06 at 06:55:16(10185) Hi Julius & Nancy, No doubt there will be a flurry of responses on this topic, but in the interest of providing yet another data point: my largest tuber of Am. konjac (approx. 10" / 25 cm diameter) blooms like clockwork every year in April. It then takes a few months off before commencing with its foliar phase, which here in the San Francisco Bay Area persists until December or January before collapsing. A few months more rest, then the cycle repeats. It's been 4 years so far, with little to no deviation from the above schedule. -Dan Levin +More Piedmont, CA > << It may be several > > years before it re-builds enough 'strength'/size to bloom again. >> > > OH, my, I assumed that once it matured, it would bloom every year from now > on. Boo hoo. I guess I should savor the moment then, huh. It has been in > the 60's most of the week, so it has not been stinky yet. Thank God! Am. konjac is to my knowledge never an overwhelming stinker. Think "dead cat" smell or thereabouts. By comparison, poor Craig Allen at FTG has been subjected to the likes of "dead rhinoceros" lately. It's all relative, Nancy! > Does anyone know how much the tubers are worth?

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