Amorphophallus 2nd flowering

From: "van den Bergh" bergh at tpg.com.au> on 2000.11.30 at 03:46:41(5730) I have a large tuber of Amorphophallus prainii and it flowered wonderfully in October [southern hemisphere] filling the house with the stench of propane gas as it wafted its perfume in from where it grows in front of the verandah. A month later, now it has put up it's leaf shoot with leaf unfurling, however alongside is another flower from the same tuber. Is this usual, for some reason I had the impression to expect only one flower per tuber for each season. Marilyn van den Bergh.

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.11.30 at 16:31:36(5734) And here am I thinking I know a thing or two about them phalloids....... My explanation is that your tuber is SO big, it may have developed a second, subdominant apical (do you need more of those words.....?) bud, that obviously was also induced to flower but emerged later than the dominant one. How's THAT for a fairy tale? Nonetheless I think there may be a bit of truth in it. One question though: does the second inflorescencence emerge from the base of the leaf (in it's axil), or is it slightly distant from that base? In the first case, you really have a case of overactivity in the flowering department, in the second case, my explanation goes! Happy growin' Wilbert Lord P. +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: donderdag 30 november 2000 4:46 Subject: Amorphophallus 2nd flowering > I have a large tuber of Amorphophallus prainii and it flowered wonderfully > in October [southern hemisphere] filling the house with the stench of > propane gas as it wafted its perfume in from where it grows in front of the > verandah. A month later, now it has put up it's leaf shoot with leaf > unfurling, however alongside is another flower from the same tuber. Is this > usual, for some reason I had the impression to expect only one flower per > tuber for each season. > > Marilyn van den Bergh. > > > >

From: "van den Bergh" bergh at tpg.com.au> on 2000.12.02 at 00:42:48(5740) Dear Wilbert, I think your 'subdominant apical' theory must be the answer as the flower is about 4cm distant from the leaf stem and to me it looked a pretty big tuber as I dug it up and checked it out a month or two before it flowered it was about 40cm across and heavy to lift, I didn't want to risk my kitchen scales. Is that big? Thanks for the explanation. Marilyn van den Bergh.

From: "Don Bittel" dbittel at treco.net> on 2000.12.02 at 16:25:21(5742) A 40 cm. prainii tuber would be almost 16 inches in diameter. That is the biggest I've ever heard of. It must have a large flower also. Was it a pure white color? Don +More ---------- > From: van den Bergh > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Subject: Re: Amorphophallus 2nd flowering > Date: Friday, December 01, 2000 7:42 PM > > Dear Wilbert, > I think your 'subdominant apical' theory must be the answer as the flower is > about 4cm distant from the leaf stem and to me it looked a pretty big tuber > as I dug it up and checked it out a month or two before it flowered it was > about 40cm across and heavy to lift, I didn't want to risk my kitchen > scales. Is that big? > Thanks for the explanation. > Marilyn van den Bergh. >

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.12.02 at 16:26:20(5743) Dear Marilyn, Yep, that is BIG!! And it does support my theory. Usually when Amorphs become oversized, the tubers start to split by activating subdominant shoots. Sounds you have done a great job with that plant!! That means that probably, after flowering, that second shoot will also produce a leaf and in the end you'll have two independent tubers. Cheers, Wilbert +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: zaterdag 2 december 2000 1:42 Subject: Re: Amorphophallus 2nd flowering > Dear Wilbert, > I think your 'subdominant apical' theory must be the answer as the flower is > about 4cm distant from the leaf stem and to me it looked a pretty big tuber > as I dug it up and checked it out a month or two before it flowered it was > about 40cm across and heavy to lift, I didn't want to risk my kitchen > scales. Is that big? > Thanks for the explanation. > Marilyn van den Bergh. > > >

From: "van den Bergh" bergh at tpg.com.au> on 2000.12.04 at 17:35:01(5746) Dear Wilbert, As much as I would like to I cannot claim any credit for the size of the tuber. When I frst admired the leaf in someone's garden, I didn't know an aroid from a potato, they generously gave me a tuber, so I stuck it in a sunny spot in front of my verandah, where incidentally ir received mostly only water from the monsoon rains. It is only during this past year I have become an aroid nut and realising what a gem I had, dug up the tuber for a peek to see what it looked like, but it was already that size before I dug the soil over and put in some compost, fertilizer and TLC a few months ago! When is the best time to dig up a tuber to see if it has formed any offshoots or loose tubers, at the beginning of dormancy or towards the end of the dormancy period? Dear Don, Yes the flower was big too compared to this second flower, it was pure white with that beautiful burgundy centre down in the spathe, and the SMELL was big too compared to this second flower. There were flies hanging around but it seemed it was the native bees [maybe you call them sweat bees] right down after the pollen. +More Regards, Marilyn van den Bergh. ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 2:26 AM Subject: Re: Amorphophallus 2nd flowering > Dear Marilyn, > > Yep, that is BIG!! And it does support my theory. Usually when Amorphs > become oversized, the tubers start to split by activating subdominant > shoots. Sounds you have done a great job with that plant!! That means that > probably, after flowering, that second shoot will also produce a leaf and in > the end you'll have two independent tubers. > > > Cheers, > Wilbert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: van den Bergh > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Sent: zaterdag 2 december 2000 1:42 > Subject: Re: Amorphophallus 2nd flowering > > > > Dear Wilbert, > > I think your 'subdominant apical' theory must be the answer as the flower > is > > about 4cm distant from the leaf stem and to me it looked a pretty big > tuber > > as I dug it up and checked it out a month or two before it flowered it was > > about 40cm across and heavy to lift, I didn't want to risk my kitchen > > scales. Is that big? > > Thanks for the explanation. > > Marilyn van den Bergh. > > > > > > >

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