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Re: Alocasia Black Velvet blooms
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From: Tom Croat <croat at mobot.org> on 1997.04.29 at 22:40:06(678)
Lester: Everything being equal the inflorescence will set back leaf
production as it is essentially achlorophyllous.
Tom
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> I'm not sure what the species is for the Alocasia Black Velvet (it's listed
> in the Glasshouse Works web page as Black Velevt and not by its
> horticultural name).
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> Anyway, the plant has been doing quite well this past winter and is now
> putting out a bloom. I'm curious if it's better for the plant to remove
> the bloom or whether I can allow it to proceed. If removing a bloom would
> add significant strength to further leaf production, I'd rather have the
> greater number of leaves.
> Les
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Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D.
P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
phone: 314-577-5163; fax 314-577-9596; email croat@mobot.org
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