Re: Alocasia Black Velvet

From: "Jay Vannini" interbnk at terra.com.gt> on 2000.11.28 at 16:14:18(5709) Dear Denis: Hear, Hear! My experience with this vexatious little gem is similar to yours - just when you think you have its number, it starts to sulk again. I have gotten mine up to six leaves, but agree that flowering seems to debilitate the plant. Nevertheless, there must be a trick to getting it right, 'cause I saw a magnificent, huge, multi-headed plant at Agri Starts in March of this year. For starters, I'm gonna start pinching inflorescences as soon as they emerge! Brgds - Jay +More -----Original Message----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Date: Lunes, 27 de Noviembre de 2000 01:51 p.m. Subject: Re: Alocasia Black Velvet >Dear Aroiders: > >This plant is a vexation to me. Just when I get the thing looking good >and ready to sell, It decides to go into flowering mode and stops all >leaf production. I would not be so bad that it went into flower, but the >flowers seem to suck up all the nutrition in the plant and cause the >older leaves to pale out and loose their dark color. This is perhaps one >of those plants which can not be grown as a horticultural item and is >better off left to enthusiasts to enjoy and put up with its untimely >flowering and subsequent decline. I have learned to only grow it in >small numbers and sell it as soon as I get four decent leaves on it >before it can go into its reproductive phase. > >Denis at Silver Krome Gardens > >Piabinha@aol.com wrote: >> >> i have a question on this plant. i understand this is now A. reginula, is >> that correct? >> >> also, my plant has only 4 leaves and has not grown a new one for a while, >> which worries me. in the center, i see 2 inflorescences coming up. while >> it's nice to know hte plant is happy enough to bloom, i wonder why it doesn't >> have more leaves. >> >> tsuh yang >

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