Re: [Aroid-l] other bulbils/bulblets

From: Michael Pascall <mickpascall at hotmail.com> on 2011.04.08 at 23:54:30 Older offsets on many Alocasias can have a tough skin on them . To ensure sprouting this skin must be broken carefully =2C no need to remove . Fresh ones will sprout very fast . The stem offsets like on longiloba seem to sprout very easily . Michael Pascall=2C From: abri1973@wp.pl To: aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com Date: Fri=2C 8 Apr 2011 16:45:45 +0200 Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] other bulbils/bulblets Dear Sherry=2C  =3B It depends on a species. For example Alocasia wentii produces bulblets about 1.5 cm in diameter and very few of them put leaves. The don't die in pots=2C they may =3Bstart to grow =3Beven after 2-3 years. Bulblets of A. =3Binfernalis =3Bput leaves =3Bvery quickly=2C after a few weeks=2C but later they grow slowly. While A. wentii from a bulblet produces 3-5 leaves a year=2C A. infernalis (from bulblets too)=2C 1-2 leaves. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sherry Gates To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Thursday=2C April 07=2C 2011 8:24 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] other bulbils/bulblets I read "I think that bulbils smaller than 1cm rarely generate a new plant." posted by Marco about Amorphophallus.  =3B What about the bulblets that form on the stalks/stems of Alocasia? =3B Is there a certain size that's more likely to succeed? =3B If so=2C when =3Bthey fall off the parent plant=2C will they continue to "mature" and eventually sprout?  =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B Thanks=2C Sherry _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l No virus found in the message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3559 - Release Date: 04/08/11 _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --_777d1feb-af01-4724-a3f5-9c337fe10a3e_-- --===============4684431181956937484==

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