Re: tall Alocasia 'Calidora' with a "pseudotrunk"

**b* l* <l*@yahoo.com>**

Dear Eric and Julius,

Aloha.

I have noticed the same thing in Hawaii...but, I did not know why these things got so large and then declined...I assumed it was part of their natural history...not so much a horticultural issue.  Although we also have nematodes and that loomed in my mind.

Add Alocasia'Sarian', to the large pseudotrunk Alocasia that get large and fall over and decline.  I will mound leaf litter on my other plants and see how that works.

Thanks Julius for great advice...again.  

Aloha,

Leland

--- On Wed, 6/25/08, Eric Schmidt <leu242@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Eric Schmidt <leu242@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] tall Alocasia 'Calidora' with a "pseudotrunk"
> To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 3:06 AM
> Thats interesting! I know sometimes Xanthosoma
> sagitiifolium starts to grow upright and usually falls
> over. Alocasia 'Calidora' is probably the strongest
> one we have grown and the one in the photo is the
> tallest any of got. Alocasia 'Portora' grows up but
> either falls over or declines, and the top dies off.
> Same with Alocasia portei. Now I know why they
> decline!
> 
> Eric
> Orlando,FL
> 
> 
> 
> --- ju-bo@msn.com wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------
> > > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:30:29 -0700
> > > From: leu242@yahoo.com
> > > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
> > > Subject: [Aroid-l] tall Alocasia
> 'Calidora' with a
> > "pseudotrunk"
> > 
> > Dear Eric,
> > 
> > Yes, some Alocasias do grow tall.   I THINK that on
> > this list, and only just recently,  Pete Boyce was
> > describing how, in the wild, the falling leaves keep
> > up with the vertical growth of an Alocasia
> > rhizome/''trunk'', and that many
> Alocasias
> > eventually die when potted because the grow too tall
> > and there is no humus being deposited around the
> > rhizomes for them to send new roots into.   I THINK
> > he also said that many species sort of ''fall
> over''
> > naturally and grow horizontally along the ground.  
> > He said to try growing them in a pot about 1/2 full
> > of medium, and adding old leaves around their
> > rhizomes as they became taller.
> > We find the same thing/problem with Neotropical
> > Xanthosoma sps., the equiv. to the Asian Alocasias.
> > 
> > Good Growing,
> > 
> > Julius
> > 
> >  
> > > I knew the tubers on some Alocasia would grow
> > above
> > > ground and form a "pseudotrunk" but
> didn't know
> > they
> > > could get this big. This is Alocasia
> 'Calidora'
> > and it
> > > is about 7ft tall with about 5ft of
> "trunk"
> > > 
> > > http://tinyurl.com/4roegn
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Eric
> > > Orlando,FL z9b/10a
> > > 
> > > 
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