Re: Oh No! Amorphophallic Trauma!

From: Al Wootten <awootten at NRAO.EDU> on 1997.03.21 at 20:25:07(523) Dana Scholle writes: > Hiya, this is the first time I've posted, I think to this group, although > I've lurked for a while. I have a little problem: I got an Amorphophallus > Konjac last year, and this spring it's been doing really well, was putting > up a leaf about four inches tall so far- UNTIL- my lovely cat came along and > broke it! Snapped it off right where the petiole meets the leaves. So, is my > little lovely doomed? I've been doting on this thing for the past month > watching it grow, and I am really disappointed that this happened (Not to > mention that he smashed a bunch of my orchids while at it. ) Will it produce > another leaf? Is there anything else I can do or should I hop on the phone > with Plant Delights this unstant? Thanks all :) Dana, I had a similar attempted amorphophallicide last year when a squirrel dug up my sprouting A. bulbifer tuber and made off with it. I marshalled the neighborhood children, who found the wounded tuber. I dusted it with sulfur and repotted it. After a short while, it re-sprouted and finished the season apparently unaware of the incident. I would bet that your konjac will resprout also. Clear skies, Al +More +---------------------------------------------------------+ |Al Wootten, Slacktide, Sturgeon Creek at the Rappahannock| |Astronomer (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/) | |genealogy homepage http://members.tripod.com/~astral | |Deltaville, Virginia (804)776-6369 | +---------------------------------------------------------+

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