Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer stories

From: Walter Greenwood walterg at nauticom.net> on 2000.07.12 at 02:29:50(5056) Jody & Albert, My A's. bulbifer are also following their own schedule. The 4 tubers I brought outside early this spring flowered about 2 weeks ago, and the flowers are now wilted. No sign yet of leaves. The 2 same sized tubers I left inside in a sunroom +More are still doing nothing. The bulbils I harvested last year and potted up at the same time as the outside 4 tubers have now all produced vigorous new growth. My A. paeoniifloius, potted up and outside in the sunshine since early spring, are producing roots but no top growth yet. My bulbifers, incidentally, came from Wilbert's distribution of seeds (Thanks Wilbert!) about 4 or 5 years ago in which they were initially identified as "A. variabilis", until they all started coming up pink. This is their first year for flowers, with tubers about 6" to 6.5" in diameter. The flowers are things of great beauty, and not too putrid. Walter G. in Pittsburgh, PA

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