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Such a newbie, Martha in Muskogee
On Nov 25, 2007 10:11 PM, Daniel Devor wrote:
> Hi Julius,
>
> I feel pretty confident of the ID as it came from a member here that is a
> great grower of Dracontium down under, but you can see a pic of the
> influorescence from 3 years ago here:
>
> http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b124/TreasuredBotanicals/Dracontium/?action=view¤t=Dracontiumpranceicomposite.jpg
>
> I do not believe in posting pics to the messages as it causes problems for
> some people with slow connections.
>
> If it requires dormancy then I hope I never see a bloom again to be
> honest.
> I would hate to have it go dormant as it is just a lovely plant with the
> petiole and leaf.
>
> I do have a few other Dracontium, including one that is not identified
> from
> Brasil that has offset like mad in the year I've owned it. I wish my D.
> prancei would do that, but I know it had babies when I unpotted and they
> are
> just not prone to growing like my other species.
>
> I should say that others like D. gigas, pittierii and peruvianum have not
> appreciated my home environment and have never done well for me. They
> seem
> to hang on OK, but never are happy it seems.
>
> I think you are right about the blooming all at the same time. I guess I
> was hoping that it came from an area that did not have a true dormancy
> induced by a dry season.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
> Dan Devor
> Gibsonia, PA
>
>
>
>
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> Dear Dan,
>
> Send us a pic. of the inflorscence and we`ll give you an opinion of it`s
> ID.
> To give a simple answer to your involved question, I don`t believe that
> the
> plant will bloom if kept/grown as an evergreen for the 12 months of the
> year. Many plants need the ''stimulus'' of a dry dormancy to induce
> blooming. It might be that the ''dry'' season tells the plant that all
> is
> NOT well in its surroundings, and so induces a bloom/reproduction. If it
> has water all year, all is well, so why not just grow new leaves, and
> increase the size of the corm. But IF it becomes dry!---you go dormant,
> and
> when the ''rains'' start again, produce a bloom, set seed (all other
> plants
> of this species in the vicinity will ALSO be blooming after the dry
> season!!) and reproduce! Dormancy might also induce the "mother"-corm to
> produce the little bulbils/mini-corms on top of the main corm.
>
> The Best,
>
> Julius
>
> >>Hi All,
>
> I have a simple question about Dracontium prancei and that is whether it
> only flowers after a dormancy? I got one of these beauties 3 years ago
> from
> a reliable Aussie source (he can volunteer his name if he wishes) and it
> bloomed the first year I had it before growing a petiole several months
> later. Since then it has been evergreen and has actually proven to be a
> fantastic member of the genus even for a northern gardener growing it
> indoors for the winter (something that can not be said for many other
> species I am afraid to say). It has only ever had a single petiole at one
> time, with the old petiole dyeing away after the new one gets completely
> developed (if you count that as 2 petioles then so be it, but I personally
> do not). A new petiole is now developing and it looks like it will be
> nicely taller than the old one which was approximately 1.5 m tall (~4.5
> feet). When I repotted the plant while in growth a year ago the tuber was
> approximately 7-8 cm in diameter. It has never produced any offsets and
> that is OK by me as long as momma continues to do well.
> I have no intention of allowing this plant to go dormant, but am curious
> if
> this is the only way to get another influorescence?? Since getting them
> out
> of dormancy is the tough part for me and the petiole/leaf is more inspired
> than the influorescence I ask more out of curiosity rather than this being
> something I will put into practice.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
> Dan Devor
> Gibsonia, PA (zone 6a)<<
>
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