[Aroid-l] RE: Helicodiceros potting

From: "mossytrail" <mossytrail at hctc.com> on 2007.02.03 at 20:41:15(15216) > The only benefit I could see is that the offsets or > dormant "eyes" might grow more happily being released from > the apical dominance of the main growing point. > But maybe that's no point at all.... > That makes sense... but to make a more obvious (?) observation, in the wild, where the plant was spreading out by offsets, probably the offsets would angle away from the parent tuber. And if the species has a rhizomatous growth, lengthening over time, it more likely naturally lengthens across the ground rather than rising above or burrowing deeper. Just the other day, at Lyon Arboretum, I saw some Xanthosoma of the type with "banana-like" trunks, but grown so long the trunks were lying on the ground, with just the "head" raised up. +More Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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