Re: Alocasia dormancy

From: "Gabe Thomas" CDANIELLE at prodigy.net> on 2000.03.08 at 05:26:42(4180) I wonder if some Alocasias might need a little colder temerature during their dormant period to get them going again. I have an A. sanderiana that has been flowering for a good nine months, six flowers and no leafs in that time. I have central air so the temp in my house never drops below 70 degrees F. The biggest leaves I've seen on this plant were from a couple years ago when I put it out in a cold frame early spring. After a few days in the cold frame I got scared I might be pushing my luck so I brought it in the house where it then proceeded to put out a couple 24" leaves. Since then it has stayed in the house and the leaves, when it puts them out, haven't gotten any bigger then 19". I also had a problem with dormant cormels that I found when transplanting that don't seem to want to grow. If anyone out there thinks they know how temperature influences growth in a an Alocasis sp. or have some tricks to break dormancy it might make for a good contribution to the journal. Gabe Thomas +More zone 8 cdanielle@prodigy.net To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 7:16 PM Subject: RE: Alocasia dormancy > I have encountered this problem, I have about 35 different Alocasias. My > experience is to let patience rule. Sometimes new growth will begin only > after months of inactivity. Alocasias have minds of their own and they grow > when they want to grow, sometimes with no logical plan! > >

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