From: ken at spatulacity.com on 2004.07.30 at 13:02:43(11880)
Neil,
It just got sunburned. This is common when placing any plant outdoors in the
sun after it's been indoors. Even we cacti growers take weeks to acclimate
our plants to the outdoor sun, starting first in a partly sunny location and
moving gradually into as much sun as the plant will like.
This is a good lesson that a lot of plant-o-philes need to learn more than
once. A sunny window is no match for direct sun outdoors. The intensity
outdoors is *much* higher and plants get sunburn just like people. The plant
should survive, but if the leaf is too damaged then you must hope for a new
leaf to sprout.
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And just because I'm well acquainted with plant sunburn doesn't mean I
always do it right, either. I sunburned almost all of my A. dunnii this
spring!
My own experience with the nice red edge on bulbifer, by the way, is that it
appears with the leaf is new and then fades. Is that what others have seen?
-Ken Mosher
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Subject: [aroid-l] Amorph Blues Part 2
> Sigh, ok last week i decided to put my A. Bulbifer outside, as we were
> having mice weather, and they produce nice pink edges to the leaf in
> strong(er) light, or so ive read, unfortunately i want out and didnt
> return for 2 days, when i came back, the leaf looked like it had been
> sun bleached, as its been very sunny here in the UK.
>
> Now, a few days later (as expected) the bleached bits are dying off and
> my plants looking a little worse for wear. I guess about 30 - 40% of
> the leaf is still green and unafected.
>
> Or perhaps it could be due to lower temperatures in the evening?
>
> Can anyone tell me how badly this will affect the plant? I guess it
> wont put up a new leaf if this one dies and wont increase the tuber
> size this year because of it. Hopefully i havnt done anything terminal
> to it.
>
> I had also put out the 2 A. Hildebrandtii I also have out next to it,
> and they are hardly affected at all, with only slight bleaching around
> the margins.
>
> I only realy discovered these plants about a year ago, so I guess im
> still a bit green in respect to growing them.
>
> Live and learn i suppose.
>
> Neil
>
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