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RE: moody amorphs

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2001.09.11 at 15:41:51(7457)
Chen-Yi's A-103 = A. albus. That is a strong species by the way, so I am not
surprised it survived surgery.
Wilbert
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> Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [mailto:aroid-l@mobot.org]Namens
> magrysbo@shu.edu
> Verzonden: dinsdag 11 september 2001 0:21
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
> Onderwerp: RE: moody amorphs
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> OK, happened to my A-103, came with a nice point. this spring (A.
> albispathum or albus?). I hollowed out the tip, put in
> cinnamon powder, and
> rested it exposed on dry, rain-sheltered soil in a partially sunny
> coldframe. Now it has 3 1 foot high and 1 foot wide leaves.
> Can't say as
> much for half of Arisaemas I got from the same source through
> a friend this
> year.
> BWM
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> "Wilbert Hetterscheid" @mobot.org on 09/08/2001
> 11:43:21 AM
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> Subject: RE: moody amorphs
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> when does a diLLetant become a dileTTant? ?please advise...
> [Wilbert Hetterscheid]?o.k., you got me there.............
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> so what's the answer to the question? ?maybe these tubers
> just have the
> moodiness of his lordiness... ?LOL
> [Wilbert Hetterscheid]?I guess they wanted to examine the
> surroundings and
> then decided it wasn't good enough. But more seriously: I know this
> behaviour too (of my tubers, that is...). Usually it happens
> when roots
> and shoot don't develop at the same pace. You will probably
> notice, when
> digging up the tuber, that there are either no roots at all, or mushy
> ones. If the shoot has not rotted into the tuber, you may
> want to keep the
> tuber a bit?dry and replant after a month. It may just try
> to do its thing
> again. If rot has entered the
> tuber...............well.............you'll
> just have to get on your knees for Lord P to get a new one. You can do
> that, I am sure....... As for an explanation: my guess is
> that the soil
> composition is bad. Too acidic (acidous?) or too dense.
> Another reason may
> be that the tuber has rested too long.
>
> Lord P.
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>
> tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orchidspecies
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