Fwd: Homalonema species longevity
- To: lindsey@mallorn.com
- Subject: Fwd: Homalonema species longevity
- From: P* P* <p*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 19:50:11 -0600
---Phil Pettitt <philbee10@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I work at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, i look after a collection
> of
> Aroids for Dr Alistair Hay. We seem to have problems with Homalonema
sp.
> The problem seems to be that we have a research collection with
> accessions
> of plant material up to 8 years old. Many of our plants refuse to
> thrive or even grow no
> matter how we change their cultural conditions. They just sit there,
> even
> though when they first entered the collection they grew strongly.
>
> We have determined that some species fall over and root further along
> the
> stem so we have tried potting them lower into the mix with some
success.
> Any further information in improving their life span, propagation
> methods
> and or cultural info would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Phil Pettitt
>
>
>
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