ok thank you for the valuable info! I treated it with a plant steroid and set it on a heat pad. Finally today, 7 days later, the top of the soil looks disturbed like something it trying to come up from underneath.
Im wondering from your experience, do the flower after going dormant? Also, I uncovered it when I was treating it with the plant steroid nad noticed that all the roots were intact. However, the roots that were coming through the holes in the bottom of the pot died back. I feel that it would be best to re pot to because it looked almost root bound when I looked at it. Will it disturb the plant much if I mess with it while it is growing?
I refuse to
participate in the in the recession.
--- On Tue, 4/13/10, Daniel Devor <plantguy@zoominternet.net> wrote:
From: Daniel Devor <plantguy@zoominternet.net>
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dracontium amazonense going dormant?
To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 4:44 AM
Hi Vincent,
Well, I am a total novice, but for me this sounds
about right. On rare occassion they will decide to go totally dormant, but
for me it is not very often....maybe once every 2-3 years or even longer.
In my case I keep them nice and warm on a heat mat in their pots and maybe
once every 2 weeks or so give them some water when dormant......never wet like
in the growing season, but enough to keep them from being bone-dry......I guess
I would think of them like one of the pseudo-evergreen Amorphs.....like A.
titanum.....just a bit of water to keep them happy until they reemerge
from dormancy. I typiucally do not repot until I see some new growth
emerging and then repot...the more compacted soil from the past 2-3 years will
keep them barely damp for a longer period of time compared to fresh, light
soil....or so my thinking goes!! I've had them stay dormant for just a
month or so all the way to one of mine that is just now emerging after 5 months
of dormancy (this is a no ID from Brasil). As I said, this works for me
here in zone 6 after some trial and serious error, but others with more
experience than me can hopefully provide better info. By the way, I
also find that after a dormancy like this is when you see a big difference in
the size of the petioles produced, but maybe that is just mine in my
conditions.
I've managed to have a Dracontium prancei now bloom
for me as well so I'll try to take pics and post in the near future......2
Dracontium bloom in one season.....the most exciting aroid season for me in a
long time :o)
Dan
Dan Devor
Gibsonia, PA
zone 6
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:30
PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] Dracontium amazonense
going dormant?
I ahve a Dracontium amazonense going dormant now. Ive
kept is wet and warmer then outside. It started by slowly loosing
leaves. finally only one was left and the last one stayed there for
about another month. now it is starting to turn yellow and the stem is
softening like the others did before falling off.
I also have
several offsets in the pot. Non of the offsets ever sprouted but the did
grow roots and get larger in size. After checking the offsets, I see
that they are dormant also because their roots are gone. I have
fertilized them the whole time theyve been growing, almost 2 years
now.
Can anyone tell me what is going on here? are they going to
sleep or something else? If they are resting, how long will they
rest?how should I store them?
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