Re: [aroid-l] Funny Amorphohallus titanum leaf

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2002.09.10 at 22:05:58(9379) I advise all growers of Amorphophallus titanum and the other giant species to get and read the article in a back-issue of Aroideana by Craig Alen, THE master grower of these plants at Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami, Florida. From memory I think he describes how when grown in smaller pots the plant puts its energy into dividing into many smaller tubers, and when given LOTS of pot space it then puts its energies into tuber size and this eventually results in it blooming. Marc earlier today reported about two species of his giants that have produced off-sets. Julius +More >>Aroiders, A friend of mine noticed a small leaf at the base of the joungest petiole of his Amorphophallus titanum and he hopes that it belongs to an offset. As far as I know A. titanum does not grow offsets, but I want to get some feed back from the list about this small leaf in order to tell him what the experienced aroiders think about it. Scott kindly put some pics in the gallery of the IAS site for me in order to illustrate my request. Everyone who is interested please have a look at: http://www.aroid.org/gallery/strolka/index.html Looking forward to any comment! Good growing, Bernhard. Dollbergen, Germany approx. zone 6/7

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