Be patient

From: "Dr. C. R. Waldron" <cwaldron at frognet.net> on 1998.12.15 at 17:29:09(2825) Yesterday, Amorphophallus curvistylis sent up a shoot after having been asleep for 16 months (it went dormant on August 12, 1997). With new members joining the list, it seems worth mentioning that, when growing some aroids, patience is not only a virtue--it is essential! A small A. odoratus tuber has also just emerged. Others planted last spring were up in a few weeks, grew, and have gone dormant while "sleepyhead" has just decided to wake up. Then their was the Amorphophallus konjac that bloomed in February 1997 and promptly went dormant for 13 months finally sending up a leaf at the end of April 1998 (two others that bloomed the same year rested for just a couple of months before sending up leaves). So then just a reminder--be patient, and don't give up and throw it out until you are sure it is dead (the same advice Wilbert gave in Aroideana 19, p.24). +More Clarence

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.mobot.org> on 1998.12.15 at 19:16:32(2826) > So then just a reminder--be patient, and don't give up and throw it out > until you are sure it is dead (the same advice Wilbert gave in Aroideana > 19, p.24). My motto is, if you find anything resembling a tuber/corm/whatever, save it, unless of course it is mush. While unpotting tubers this past weekend I noted a number of phalloids just waking up after only two months or dormancy. So back on the benches these plants went. My concern at this point is that our "cool" zone 10b weather may force some of these to go dormant again with little or no tuber left. Our weather here, until the past several days has been exceptionally warm, 78F or higher and in low 70s at night, and this may have stimulated some of this activity. But it is finally cooling off the last day or so dropping into the 50s at night. One week ago one A. titanum decided to wake up after being dormant for 10 weeks. Not wanting to disturb the tuber I repotted it and the entire mass of medium around it into a 30 gallon container. Dreams of an inflorescence persist! The Urospathas are now beginning to flower again. The cooler weather seems to stimulate inflorescence production in this genus. Will be out there with the paint brush this weekend hoping to stimulate some reproductive activity. Don +More Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

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