Re: [aroid-l] Funny Amorphohallus titanum leaf
- Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Funny Amorphohallus titanum leaf
- From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" h*@worldonline.nl
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:54:48 +0200
- Importance: Normal
Dear Bernhard,
What you see on the pictures is something that happens often in
Amorphophallus or any tuberous aroid in general. These very small and often
distorted leaves are produced by buds close to the main leaf and do not
result in new tubers or offsets. Such buds are obviously erroneously induced
to wake up. You will also see that it emerges from within the same set of
cataphylls as the main leaf. When the plant dies down, you'll notice nothing
of it. Rarely, in large mature specimens it may be the start of a major
tuber division, proceeding from a small active subsidiary bud to a new plant
in one or two seasons.
Cheerio,
Wilbert
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu
> [a*@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens StroWi
> Verzonden: maandag 9 september 2002 23:43
> Aan: aroid-l
> Onderwerp: [aroid-l] Funny Amorphohallus titanum leaf
>
>
> Aroiders,
>
> A friend of mine noticed a small leaf at the base of the
> joungest petiole of his Amorphophallus titanum and he hopes
> that it belongs to an offset. As far as I know A. titanum
> does not grow offsets, but I want to get some feed back from
> the list about this small leaf in order to tell him what the
> experienced aroiders think about it.
>
> Scott kindly put some pics in the gallery of the IAS site for
> me in order to illustrate my request.
> Everyone who is interested please have a look at:
> http://www.aroid.org/gallery/strolka/index.html
>
> Looking forward to any comment!
>
> Good growing,
> Bernhard.
>
> Dollbergen,
> Germany
> approx. zone 6/7
