Kangaroo Paws
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Kangaroo Paws
- From: t*@eddy.u-net.com (Tim Longville)
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:20:10 GMT
Germination of most Anigozanthus spp is easy enough from seed -
reasonable heat, reasonable moisture, nothing excessive or specialized
- but presumably that particular one is a cultivar and wouldn't come
true (supposing anyway, of course, that it isn't a sterile one). On
the other hand, you might get all sorts of odd forms of your own,
which it might be fun to grow on.
No Kangaroo Paw has ever rotted here in my wet UK West Coast climate,
so I don't think it can be simply moisture-as-moisture - but I seem to
remember (though thankfully I've no personal experience of it
happening) that these critters are liable to some infection-cum-rot -
is it called ink-blot or ink-spot or something of the sort? No doubt
one of our Aussie or Kiwi members can provide more (and more
accurate!) detail and say if that seems a likely explanation. It
occurred to me that perhaps, since your plant was bought, it may have
brought the infection in with it. Memory tells me, just as dimly, that
if that's what seems the likely cause, you should dig up and dispose
of the infected plant pronto (burning's the recommended method, I
think). I don't know if you need to disinfect the surrounding soil as
well.
Hope that's useful and not a Wild Kangaroo Trail, full of mis-info.
Tim Longville
