[Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum dormancy

From: botanist at malesiana.com (Peter Boyce) on 2007.10.21 at 04:22:54(16565) This is nonesense; the area that titanum grows wild is subject to a marked monsoonal climate and during the dry phase the plants are dormant and leafless for an extended period; at this time the temperature is in the mid-high 30sC (mid-high 90s F). Furthermore, the temperature would never - even on a cold night in the height of the monsoon - ever drop below the low 20sC (c. 70 F). ----- Original Message ----- From: ExoticRainforest +More To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum dormancy There is one very recent post on a US garden site stating Amorphophallus titanum should not go dormant if kept above 50 degrees F (10 C). That is outside my understanding of the species though I do not grow this one. I asked at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden about their specimens at the IAS show and was told they were dormant. Obviously, it was well above 50 degrees F in mid September. Would one of you Amorphophallus experts please comment? I'd like to be able to copy your comments and post them on this garden site with credit to you. Steve Lucas www.ExoticRainforest.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20071021/00e7c890/attachment-0001.htm

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