[Aroid-l] Dormancy of Amorphophallus from Madagascar

From: ironious2 at yahoo.com (E Morano) on 2008.05.25 at 19:32:11(17616) This seller sells his rotten and damaged tubers anyway. I purchased one from him at high dollar. The apical bud had alread7y started to swell when I got it so I planted it only to have it do nothing. When I unspotted it, I saw why it was misshaped to begin with. I was already rotten on the bottom. Only the rot was dry when I got it. Look at his tubers. Every one of them is misshapen. I say avoid this sellers tubers unless you want to throw your money into the trash. Wilbert Hetterscheid wrote: The Madagascan species normally show you when they need potting by the +More apical bud starting to swell. That said, when it doesn't happen at all, you need to take a risk. Mold on a tuber is BAD! DO check if there is a soft spot below the mold and if so, cut it out immediately or your whole tuber will turn into mush. Cheerio, Wilbert > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] Namens John L > Verzonden: zaterdag 24 mei 2008 13:59 > Aan: Aroid-L > Onderwerp: [Aroid-l] Dormancy of Amorphophallus from Madagascar > > > I have been fortunate enough to purchase more tubers recently > from a seller and grower of plants from south africa and Madagascar. > > One of the recommendations of the seller of these tubers on > eBay is to immediately pot it and water it. > > I believe that this grower/seller is thinking of these tubers > in terms of the other plants from that part of the world that > generally emerge from dormancy at the beginning of the wet > season, even if that wet season is artificially induced. > > > My experience with the Amorphophallus tubers from Madagascar > is that they generally don't emerge from dormancy until our > late Summer to late Fall here in the Northern hemisphere. I > have a few that do grow during my springtime but this > particular tuber is showing no signs of breaking dormancy now > and my biggest concern is rotting. It is showing signs of > mold and I have increased air flow around the tuber and have > treated it with cinnamon, so all seems well for now. > > Does anybody have any experiences to share? > _______________________________________________ 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/20080525/71338afe/attachment-0001.htm

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