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Re: [aroid-l] question about tubers vs. bulbs
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From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2003.05.06 at 23:36:14(10191)
Hello Dan,
Thanks for the input. I`m sure that some 'clones' bloom more regularly
than others, lucky you! :--)
We must bear in mind that A. konjac is in MOST cases derived from cultivated
material that has been selectively grown as a food item for thousands of
years, so the species is capable of all kinds of 'clones' and mutations.
Fanny and Craig Phillips, founding members of the IAS, and both legendary
Amophophallus/Aroid growers, had several different clones, some dwarf that
bloomed when tiny, 9" miniature replicas of the other GIANT clones that
bloomed at 8' tall!
Wild-collected species should/will tend to be more 'standardized' and
predictable.
So, I guess the thing to do is to fertilize like crazy, grow for as long as
possible before dormancy sets in, and some may be lucky enough to have a
bloom every or nearly year in A. konjac!
I urge you all to make the effort and join the IAS as there is SO much good
printed articles on the growing of Amorphophallus sps., one in particular on
cultivation methods by the Amorphophallus 'King-grower, my friend Craig
Allen at Fairchild Gardens in Miami, Florida who presently has several
specimens of the GIANT species in bloom, and others by 'Lord Phallus', my
friend Wilbert Hetterschied on the different species and growing hints for
these rare and most interesting plants!!
Good growing!
Julius
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> 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
> Piedmont, CA
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> > << 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!
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> > Does anyone know how much the tubers are worth?
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