Re: FORCED AMORPHOHPALLUS DORMANCY?

**K* M* <k*@spatulacity.com>**

Sorry, Erin, I think you're stuck growing those plants out-of-season.  
Once they want to grow it's best to let them grow.
-Ken

E.Vincent Morano wrote:
> Any body know how to force dormancy? I have several spp including 
> cirrifer that gave me flowers then promply decided not to grow a leaf. 
> Another one I kept breaking the leaf off and it would take so long to 
> start growing a new one that there is not enough grow time lef in the 
> season. Now those ones that flowered are starting to grow buds. I need 
> them to stay asleep until next season. any ideas?
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> I refuse to participate in the in the recession.
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> --- On *Fri, 9/11/09, ju-bo@msn.com /<ju-bo@msn.com>/* wrote:
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>     From: ju-bo@msn.com <ju-bo@msn.com>
>     Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dracontium amazonense variagated
>     To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
>     Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 8:39 AM
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>     Dear Vincent,
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>     There is no mention of ''natural'' variegation in Dracontium
>     amazonense in the literature I have. 
>     We are left with three possibilities of which I can think ---
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>     1) Your treatment w/ chemicals has caused this condition.
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>     2) This variegation has spontainuosly developed in your plant.
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>     3)  Your plant has become infected w/ ''Dasheen mosiac virus",
>     very common in MANY genera of cultivated aroids, it slowly weakens
>     the infected plant over time.   No cure, and infected plants if
>     confirmed should be burnt.  It is spread by sucking insects such
>     as Aphids.
>
>     Good Growing,
>
>     Julius
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