Oh No! Amorphophallic Trauma!

From: Dana Scholle <dana at basement.homecom.com> on 1997.03.21 at 17:20:24(521) Hiya, this is the first time I've posted, I think to this group, although I've lurked for a while. I have a little problem: I got an Amorphophallus Konjac last year, and this spring it's been doing really well, was putting up a leaf about four inches tall so far- UNTIL- my lovely cat came along and broke it! Snapped it off right where the petiole meets the leaves. So, is my little lovely doomed? I've been doting on this thing for the past month watching it grow, and I am really disappointed that this happened (Not to mention that he smashed a bunch of my orchids while at it. ) Will it produce another leaf? Is there anything else I can do or should I hop on the phone with Plant Delights this unstant? Thanks all :) Dana Scholle (dana@homecom.com) +More (404)237-4646, ext 121, Fax (404)237-3060 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Come see our great web page! http://www.homecom.com For company & industry news...subscribe to newsletter@homecom.com

From: "NAME \"Wilbert Hetterscheid\"" <W.HETTER at pbga.agro.nl> on 1997.03.21 at 20:19:45(522) Dear Dana, First off, I am glad you have again proven why cats are a superfluous species! +More Second, i suggest you leave the Amorphophallus as it is. There is a chance that it will produce a new leaf. If it hasn't done that in a month or two, you better take out the tuber and chack if there are any roots alive. If not, leave it dry and let it wake up again for a next season of growth. If it still has roots, check if you see a pinkish bud freshly developed. Yoy may replant it then. If not, just let it get dry slowly and wait for another season. All this only works of the plant has had time to either generate a young new tuber, or the old one is still strong enough to do its thing a second time. And don't forget to pray to The Supreme Phalloid Being! Cheers, Wilbert

From: Al Wootten <awootten at NRAO.EDU> on 1997.03.21 at 20:25:07(523) Dana Scholle writes: > Hiya, this is the first time I've posted, I think to this group, although > I've lurked for a while. I have a little problem: I got an Amorphophallus > Konjac last year, and this spring it's been doing really well, was putting > up a leaf about four inches tall so far- UNTIL- my lovely cat came along and > broke it! Snapped it off right where the petiole meets the leaves. So, is my > little lovely doomed? I've been doting on this thing for the past month > watching it grow, and I am really disappointed that this happened (Not to > mention that he smashed a bunch of my orchids while at it. ) Will it produce > another leaf? Is there anything else I can do or should I hop on the phone > with Plant Delights this unstant? Thanks all :) Dana, I had a similar attempted amorphophallicide last year when a squirrel dug up my sprouting A. bulbifer tuber and made off with it. I marshalled the neighborhood children, who found the wounded tuber. I dusted it with sulfur and repotted it. After a short while, it re-sprouted and finished the season apparently unaware of the incident. I would bet that your konjac will resprout also. Clear skies, Al +More +---------------------------------------------------------+ |Al Wootten, Slacktide, Sturgeon Creek at the Rappahannock| |Astronomer (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/) | |genealogy homepage http://members.tripod.com/~astral | |Deltaville, Virginia (804)776-6369 | +---------------------------------------------------------+

From: "Don Bittel" <dbittel at treco.net> on 1997.03.22 at 06:06:59(524) Dear Dana, Please let me know the outcome. My husband has numerous amorphopalli(?) and if that's all it takes for them to meet their maker...things can be arranged. Don't take me wrong, but what is the appeal of something that smells so bad that the neighbors wonder if a goat died in the yard? It seems that each spring we play the hiding game; waiting to sniff out the errant bulb that got carted away by the raccoons, or simply misplaced by my distracted husband. Trust me, I don't think they can be easily hurt. And God almighty but those flowers do stink! p bittel in care of dbittel@treco.com

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