Re: more on the shakey amorph
- Subject: Re: more on the shakey amorph
- From: W* H*
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:49:12 -0500 (CDT)
When a leaf is defunct in a stage where the new tuber at the base of it is
still very small, you have a death on your conscience. When the tuber is
already 3/4 matured, you have a chance........
Wilbert
----- Original Message -----
From: Carol Ann Bonner <cadastra@mindspring.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
Sent: woensdag 23 mei 2001 5:36
Subject: more on the shakey amorph
> Per Wilbert's instructions, I repotted my amorphophallus that was loose in
> its pot -- but not before I left town for the weekend. When I returned,
> the poor thing had fallen over again and been trampled by dogs (my own,
I'm
> afraid.) So my repotted plant is a bit bedraggled.
>
> My question is, what happens to an amorph when its solitary leaf gets
> smooshed? Will it form another growing point, limp through the season
with
> ratty foliage, or (God forbid) *die*?
>
> Meanwhile, my A. konjac that had seemed slow resurrecting is putting out
> such a new growth that I'm afraid its next step will be world domination.
>
> Carol Ann
> Nashville
>
>
