Re: Amorphophallus 2nd flowering
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- Subject: Re: Amorphophallus 2nd flowering
- From: W* H*
- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 10:26:20 -0600 (CST)
Dear Marilyn,
Yep, that is BIG!! And it does support my theory. Usually when Amorphs
become oversized, the tubers start to split by activating subdominant
shoots. Sounds you have done a great job with that plant!! That means that
probably, after flowering, that second shoot will also produce a leaf and in
the end you'll have two independent tubers.
Cheers,
Wilbert
----- Original Message -----
From: van den Bergh <bergh@tpg.com.au>
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
Sent: zaterdag 2 december 2000 1:42
Subject: Re: Amorphophallus 2nd flowering
> Dear Wilbert,
> I think your 'subdominant apical' theory must be the answer as the flower
is
> about 4cm distant from the leaf stem and to me it looked a pretty big
tuber
> as I dug it up and checked it out a month or two before it flowered it was
> about 40cm across and heavy to lift, I didn't want to risk my kitchen
> scales. Is that big?
> Thanks for the explanation.
> Marilyn van den Bergh.
>
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