On Behalf Of Peter C Boyce
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 7:58 AM
To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] How many leaves??
I can't comment with regard Amorphophallus, but I've had Typhonium
venosum
(which the literature often says is solitary leaved) with four leaves
simultaneously, the largest 1.5 m tall with a leaf blade 1 meter in
diameter
and the smallest 0.75 tall and 0.5 cm in diameter and regularly with
three
leaves simultaneously. Plants with this many leaves went on to produce
exceptionally large tubers (maximum 1.25 kg with a diameter of 30.5 cm.
Peter
----- Original Message -----
To: "Aroid list"
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 5:46 AM
Subject: [aroid-l] How many leaves??
> I got two very nice Amorphophallus bulbifers earlier this year from
the
> nice people at Gardino Nursery. The Amorphophallus issue of Aroideana
says
> that A. bulbifer has solitary or paired leaves. Both of mine are now
> growing their *third* leaf (simultaneous, all three are there at
once)!
How
> unusual is that and does it have any implications?
>
> -Ken
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