A titanum

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2002.11.20 at 16:56:36(9618) Harry, Do inspect this lil' one and see if it is o.k. then store it in loose soil. Smaller tubers of this species probably don't like being totally dry. Wilbert +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu > [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens Harry Witmore > Verzonden: woensdag 20 november 2002 1:32 > Aan: Aroid-L > Onderwerp: [aroid-l] A titanum > > > I just received a small Amorph titanum tuber from a generous > friend. What I > want to know is, how should I store it during it's dormancy. > I normally > store all my tubers out of soil, but as you can imagine I'd > like for this > one to grow well and not become a raisin. > > I don't have any experience with this particular Amorph. I > could do it most > any way so I would like to hear from those of you that have > started with a > small one like this. > > Anyway, it's been way too quiet here. > Harry Witmore > > Cloud Jungle Epiphytes > Cloud Jungle Art > Epiphytes.org > > > >

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2002.11.21 at 09:17:37(9625) Dear Harry, I saw where Wilbert had replied, and he is correct re: not storing the tuber in soil and slightly moist ( he IS Lord Phallus, after all! :--)>) but I just thought I`d like to toss around and talk about the reason for keeping this and some other Amorphophallus species from drying out completely. This species grows in rain forest where VERY seldom if ever it would be dry enough to induce dormancy, so it is presumably not adapted to withstand any prolonged period of drought, or in the case when in cultivation being stored dry. If you can provide year-long warmth, you may not even want or need to provide a dormant period, as long as you can provide heat, moisture and light, let it grow! I have experienced a similar thing with the genus Dracontium, some Amazonian species such as D. spruceanum will not go dormant when kept wet and warm, others that grow in a seasonal climate (such as D. asperum from Trinidad, where there is a wet and a dry season) do go dormant if allowed to dry off in the cool months. Speaking of Dracontiums, I just had a plant of D. spruceanum bloom, what a marvel of nature! It has a huge, boat-shaped spathe about 16 inches long and twisted at the tip carried on a peduncle as tall as the petiole, in this case about 4 ft. tall, the spathe is mainly purple-black, but when opened the lower interior portion of the spathe for say 5 " and which is not visible on the exterior, is colored a transparent white/cream, it resembles a cream 'sun-burst', and is said to provide a light-trap to keep flies buzzing around inside the spathe at the height of the spadix. It is events like this in my plant-growing moments that make me estatic that I choose growing Aroids as ONE of my hobbies. Good growing, Julius Boos +More WPB, Florida >>I just received a small Amorph titanum tuber from a generous friend. What I want to know is, how should I store it during it's dormancy. I normally store all my tubers out of soil, but as you can imagine I'd like for this one to grow well and not become a raisin. I don't have any experience with this particular Amorph. I could do it most any way so I would like to hear from those of you that have started with a small one like this. Anyway, it's been way too quiet here. Harry Witmore Cloud Jungle Epiphytes Cloud Jungle Art Epiphytes.org

From: Kiehlmann at gmx.de on 2002.11.24 at 17:37:36(9637) I like to underline what Julius Boos has written. About 12 years ago we ( my and I ) began with growing of Amorphophallus- species first of all exclusively from SE-Asia. We had no knowledge of the cultivation . But we had personal knowledge of the climatic conditions in Malaysia and Sumatra, because we had made several trips to these countries. It was out of the question that a dry period would be necessary. And the Amorphos ( 3 forms or species? of the Am.beccarii-complex, Am. manta ) grew well, went dormant individually and bloomed a.s.o. without any dry period. We handled Am. prainii and especially a small specimen of Am. titanum and of Am. gigas in the same manner without difficulties untill today. The 2 latter species grow well but slowly, because we cultivate all species indoors exclusively under inevitably relatively moderate temperature conditions. One specimen of Am. prainii went dormant in humid soil for 3 years after blooming. Even African species like Am. johnsonii and Am. eichleri, and Anchomanes dalzielei also, grow and bloom without a dry period, though these species originate from countries with distinct dry periods. The advantage of a dry period seems to be the induction of synchronisation of growth and especially of blooming for several specimen of the same species. But this is not valid for all Amorphophallus-species. Dietmar Kiehlmann +More -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr f?r 1 ct/ Min. surfen! -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr f?r 1 ct/ Min. surfen!

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