Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus costatus flowering

From: <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2008.12.11 at 11:28:39(18789) Dear Eric, Yes, the leaf usually dies down, and a few months later a bloom is produced.  Since A. konjac is usually grown in cooler climates (I recall seeing several which were grown in the ground in bloom   at Dr. Tom Croat`s home in Missouri!), the corm usually will go through a dormant period in the winter, and when the warmth of Spring sends the corm a ''signal'', the dormant corm then produces a bloom.   Because the corm was shipped to you in Florida probably from a cooler Northern region, the warmth of a Florida ''winter'' probably sent a false ''signal'' to the corm that Spring has arrived, hence the early bloom. Further information about the odor emitted by blooming Amorphophallus, there are many funny tales about this, two are--  A guy comes home to find his house surrounded by emergency trucks and personnel.  His Mum had called them, as his dormant corm which he had stored in his basement had bloomed, and she thought the bad smell was a gas leak! Another was a guy seeing his roof covered in Turkey Vultures, they had followed and come to  the smell of a blooming A. konjac in his collection. Good Luck, Julius > Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:03:55 -0800 > From: leu242@yahoo.com HTML +More > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus costatus flowering > > Thanks for the ID Wilbert. > > Thats kind of disappointing but its alright, we never > have gotten A. konjac to grow here, the nematodes in > our sandy soil always get them. I will keep this one > potted up. Now we have a flowering specimen. > > It has opened today and is emitting odor. Is that > abnormal for the leaf to have died down and then an > inflorescence come up a month and a half later, and it > is in Dec. ? > > http://tinyurl.com/6rys5c > > http://tinyurl.com/63f5a8 > > http://tinyurl.com/6rt6sf > > http://tinyurl.com/6pyol2 > > > Eric > Leu Gardens > Orlando,FL > > > > > > > > --- Wilbert Hetterscheid <hetter@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > Hi Eric, > > > > I am afraid it is The Great Invader......... Am. > > konjac. You've been > > had............. > > > > Cheers, > > Wilbert > > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com > > > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens > > Eric Schmidt > > > Verzonden: maandag 8 december 2008 21:53 > > > Aan: Discussion of aroids > > > Onderwerp: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus costatus > > flowering > > > > > > I assume this is Amorphophallus costatus. It was > > donated a > > > few months ago and had this tag and a A. > > > macrorhizus tag in it. The leaf died down about a > > month and a > > > half ago and now the inflorescence is coming up. > > Does this > > > one get a bad odor? > > > > > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/64x6y6 > > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/5fpb3s > > > > > > > > > > > > Eric > > > Leu Gardens > > > Orlando,FL > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Aroid-L mailing list > > > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > > > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Aroid-L mailing list > > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --_709d11cc-3bd0-4c31-823e-743457200d84_----==============020678658829784485=

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