Alocasia Black Velvet

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 2000.11.26 at 06:43:31(5698) i have a question on this plant. i understand this is now A. reginula, is that correct? also, my plant has only 4 leaves and has not grown a new one for a while, +More which worries me. in the center, i see 2 inflorescences coming up. while it's nice to know hte plant is happy enough to bloom, i wonder why it doesn't have more leaves. tsuh yang

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.11.26 at 18:13:07(5699) Dear Tsuh Yang, Yup it is Alocasia reginula, named as such by Alistair Hay. The development of the inflors terminates leaf devel;opment for a short while. After flowering, there will be new leaves, provided you treat the Little Queenie well....... Wilbert +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: zondag 26 november 2000 7:43 Subject: Alocasia Black Velvet > i have a question on this plant. i understand this is now A. reginula, is > that correct? > > also, my plant has only 4 leaves and has not grown a new one for a while, > which worries me. in the center, i see 2 inflorescences coming up. while > it's nice to know hte plant is happy enough to bloom, i wonder why it doesn't > have more leaves. > > tsuh yang > >

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 2000.11.26 at 23:21:30(5703) another thing, the inflorescence is scented. anyone else noticed that? and is it unusual to have 2 at once?

From: Denis denis at skg.com> on 2000.11.27 at 19:59:27(5706) Dear Aroiders: This plant is a vexation to me. Just when I get the thing looking good and ready to sell, It decides to go into flowering mode and stops all leaf production. I would not be so bad that it went into flower, but the flowers seem to suck up all the nutrition in the plant and cause the older leaves to pale out and loose their dark color. This is perhaps one of those plants which can not be grown as a horticultural item and is better off left to enthusiasts to enjoy and put up with its untimely flowering and subsequent decline. I have learned to only grow it in small numbers and sell it as soon as I get four decent leaves on it before it can go into its reproductive phase. Denis at Silver Krome Gardens +More Piabinha@aol.com wrote: > > i have a question on this plant. i understand this is now A. reginula, is > that correct? > > also, my plant has only 4 leaves and has not grown a new one for a while, > which worries me. in the center, i see 2 inflorescences coming up. while > it's nice to know hte plant is happy enough to bloom, i wonder why it doesn't > have more leaves. > > tsuh yang

From: "Jay Vannini" interbnk at terra.com.gt> on 2000.11.28 at 16:14:18(5709) Dear Denis: Hear, Hear! My experience with this vexatious little gem is similar to yours - just when you think you have its number, it starts to sulk again. I have gotten mine up to six leaves, but agree that flowering seems to debilitate the plant. Nevertheless, there must be a trick to getting it right, 'cause I saw a magnificent, huge, multi-headed plant at Agri Starts in March of this year. For starters, I'm gonna start pinching inflorescences as soon as they emerge! Brgds - Jay +More -----Original Message----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Date: Lunes, 27 de Noviembre de 2000 01:51 p.m. Subject: Re: Alocasia Black Velvet >Dear Aroiders: > >This plant is a vexation to me. Just when I get the thing looking good >and ready to sell, It decides to go into flowering mode and stops all >leaf production. I would not be so bad that it went into flower, but the >flowers seem to suck up all the nutrition in the plant and cause the >older leaves to pale out and loose their dark color. This is perhaps one >of those plants which can not be grown as a horticultural item and is >better off left to enthusiasts to enjoy and put up with its untimely >flowering and subsequent decline. I have learned to only grow it in >small numbers and sell it as soon as I get four decent leaves on it >before it can go into its reproductive phase. > >Denis at Silver Krome Gardens > >Piabinha@aol.com wrote: >> >> i have a question on this plant. i understand this is now A. reginula, is >> that correct? >> >> also, my plant has only 4 leaves and has not grown a new one for a while, >> which worries me. in the center, i see 2 inflorescences coming up. while >> it's nice to know hte plant is happy enough to bloom, i wonder why it doesn't >> have more leaves. >> >> tsuh yang >

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 2000.11.30 at 03:45:25(5728) well, all of this is not a good sign for me then as my plant has 2 inflorescences. truly, i have never seen this plant with more than 4 leaves and i know from others that they had very little luck growing it. this is also my 2nd plant, i have already lost one. one correction, i had said previously that it was fragrant but i think i was smelling something else that day as i have not detected any fragrance since. tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA (excited about Anthurium crystallinum germinating!!!)

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.11.30 at 16:33:09(5735) Although I do not like Alocasias all that much, I DO have a soft spot for our Little Queenie and I have grown it with success under suboptimal conditions in the house, in a window sill. It produces offset tubers profusely and flowers and makes leaves all the time. You need to repot it though regularly because it "eats" the soil. It is very resistant here whereas most other Alocasias suffer from dry air pretty quickly. So, mr. TYC from NYC, USA, you need to do a tad better......... :-) Wilbert Lord P. +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: donderdag 30 november 2000 4:45 Subject: Re: Alocasia Black Velvet > well, all of this is not a good sign for me then as my plant has 2 > inflorescences. truly, i have never seen this plant with more than 4 leaves > and i know from others that they had very little luck growing it. this is > also my 2nd plant, i have already lost one. > > one correction, i had said previously that it was fragrant but i think i was > smelling something else that day as i have not detected any fragrance since. > > tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA (excited about Anthurium crystallinum > germinating!!!) >

From: Krzysztof Kozminski kk at kozminski.com> on 2000.12.06 at 19:53:59(5761) A repeat of my post from the past: Alocasia Black Velvet likes low light and high humidity (considering Wilbert's posting about thriving in dry conditions: you were lucky it did not get spider mites). Mine languished in my San Jose, California greenhouse (50% shade cloth on walls, 70% on ceiling) until I put it into the dead/disappointing plant recycling area (under the table). It resprouted multiple levaes (after having flowered). I got it back on the table, and it went back into stupor. KK +More ==================== "Microsoft is to software what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking" Krzysztof Kozminski kk@kozminski.com http://www.kozminski.com/

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