[Aroid-l] Dragon aroids needing help!

From: Emily.Colletti at mobot.org (Emily Colletti) on 2008.06.16 at 14:48:23(17847) Are you talking about some species of Arisaema?? They do go dormant depending on the species for a month or months. As with my experience their roots are not very picky as to what type of growing medium they anchor themselves so your garden compost sounds adequate since they were happy and growing fine for 3 months. Cut back on the watering until you get new growth. +More ________________________________ From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Karin Holloway Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:37 AM To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Dragon aroids needing help! Hello, I was hoping not to have to ask for help. I tried what was suggested to me two years ago here, and I got 3 little dragon aroids to grow from the seeds I carefully rotted in water and cleaned and grew in sp. moss. I also went back to the parking lot their parent grew in, before a sign replaced her, and rescued another dragon aroid I found in another parking lot island at the same grocery store. I went very early one Saturday morning, before my fellow Londoners were stirring, with my shovel and an empty back pack. It was easy to dig up. We passed a few folks on the nearly 2 mile walk home--I must have looked a sight with the aroid bouncing on my back. As I have no garden, and I live in an apartment building from which I climb in and out of the Victorian window to garden in pots, I'm so glad it took well to my garden compost. But that was 3 months ago and it is beginning to have even its new leaf turn brown along with its two old leaves. One of the little ones has lost both of its leaves, as well. It grew happily in what was probably awful soil in the parking lot bushes---do I need to go back and get some of that soil? Does anyone here know what a Dragon Aroid likes? I'll be very sad if they die---the big ones were probably from an old Victorian garden, similar to the age of the little cottages around the new store. By the way, the store is in Stratford, where the 2012 Olympics will be held. Thank you for any responses! Karin, an American in London E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10030e http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080616/03176cb7/attachment-0001.htm

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