Re: Alocasia Black Velvet
- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
- Subject: Re: Alocasia Black Velvet
- From: J* V*
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:14:18 -0600 (CST)
Dear Denis:
Hear, Hear!
My experience with this vexatious little gem is similar to yours - just when
you think you have its number, it starts to sulk again. I have gotten mine
up to six leaves, but agree that flowering seems to debilitate the plant.
Nevertheless, there must be a trick to getting it right, 'cause I saw a
magnificent, huge, multi-headed plant at Agri Starts in March of this year.
For starters, I'm gonna start pinching inflorescences as soon as they
emerge!
Brgds -
Jay
-----Original Message-----
From: Denis <denis@skg.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
Date: Lunes, 27 de Noviembre de 2000 01:51 p.m.
Subject: Re: Alocasia Black Velvet
>Dear Aroiders:
>
>This plant is a vexation to me. Just when I get the thing looking good
>and ready to sell, It decides to go into flowering mode and stops all
>leaf production. I would not be so bad that it went into flower, but the
>flowers seem to suck up all the nutrition in the plant and cause the
>older leaves to pale out and loose their dark color. This is perhaps one
>of those plants which can not be grown as a horticultural item and is
>better off left to enthusiasts to enjoy and put up with its untimely
>flowering and subsequent decline. I have learned to only grow it in
>small numbers and sell it as soon as I get four decent leaves on it
>before it can go into its reproductive phase.
>
>Denis at Silver Krome Gardens
>
>Piabinha@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> i have a question on this plant. i understand this is now A. reginula,
is
>> that correct?
>>
>> also, my plant has only 4 leaves and has not grown a new one for a while,
>> which worries me. in the center, i see 2 inflorescences coming up.
while
>> it's nice to know hte plant is happy enough to bloom, i wonder why it
doesn't
>> have more leaves.
>>
>> tsuh yang
>
