Amorphophallus Hewitii Dormancy

From: Neil Gordon neil at ng23.abelgratis.co.uk> on 2005.08.23 at 13:11:04(13302) Hi, I have 2 A. Hewitii plants that I planted as seed. After a year of growth one of those plants has gone dormant, and the other is in the process of going dormant. Now, the first plant has been dormant for about 3-4 weeks, and has now decided to grow another shoot, and start growing again! Is this normal for these plants to have such a short dormancy period? I thought that it should have been about 3-4 months, not weeks!! or is it as youngsters, these guys try to grow as much as they can in as short a period as possible? Neil +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Ronmchatton at aol.com on 2005.08.23 at 15:47:29(13303) It's my experience that the tropical species often have very short dormant periods if dormancy occurs during the warm summer months. I have a titanum that routinely goes dormant at the end of July and is back up again before the end of August while another that enters dormancy in the late Fall and will not re-emerge until early Spring. Ron McHatton +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2005.08.23 at 19:27:02(13304) Yep, this is normal. Most species from Borneo have VERY short resting periods during which the tubers must NEVER dry out!!! Also they appreciate a well-aerated (is that a word??) soil and LOTS of water!!!!!!! Ask Peter Boyce, he has first-hand experience and I believe him since the days I am doing this too, after having had trouble with these bast....errrr, difficult plants for years! Wilbert +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens Neil Gordon > Verzonden: dinsdag 23 augustus 2005 15:11 > Aan: Discussion of aroids > Onderwerp: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus Hewitii Dormancy > > Hi, I have 2 A. Hewitii plants that I planted as seed. After > a year of growth one of those plants has gone dormant, and > the other is in the process of going dormant. > > Now, the first plant has been dormant for about 3-4 weeks, > and has now decided to grow another shoot, and start growing again! > > Is this normal for these plants to have such a short dormancy period? > I thought that it should have been about 3-4 months, not > weeks!! or is it as youngsters, these guys try to grow as > much as they can in as short a period as possible? > > Neil > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Peter Boyce" peterboyce at myjaring.net> on 2005.08.24 at 09:07:30(13307) Wilbert is absolutely correct. We find that none of the indigenous Bornean Amorphs are dormant for long. In fact, many species are effectively in leaf all the time in that a new leaf is emerging as the old leaf is in its final stages of senescence. We grow in coconut peat, coconut fibre, washed coarse sand and a small proportion of burnt soil, water copiously and also feed copiously. The minimum at the nursery here is 22 C (c. 72 F) and the maximum 34 C (c. 93 F). Peter +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "'Discussion of aroids'" Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:27 AM Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus Hewitii Dormancy Yep, this is normal. Most species from Borneo have VERY short resting periods during which the tubers must NEVER dry out!!! Also they appreciate a well-aerated (is that a word??) soil and LOTS of water!!!!!!! Ask Peter Boyce, he has first-hand experience and I believe him since the days I am doing this too, after having had trouble with these bast....errrr, difficult plants for years! Wilbert -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens Neil Gordon Verzonden: dinsdag 23 augustus 2005 15:11 Aan: Discussion of aroids Onderwerp: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus Hewitii Dormancy Hi, I have 2 A. Hewitii plants that I planted as seed. After a year of growth one of those plants has gone dormant, and the other is in the process of going dormant. Now, the first plant has been dormant for about 3-4 weeks, and has now decided to grow another shoot, and start growing again! Is this normal for these plants to have such a short dormancy period? I thought that it should have been about 3-4 months, not weeks!! or is it as youngsters, these guys try to grow as much as they can in as short a period as possible? Neil _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Neil Gordon neil at ng23.abelgratis.co.uk> on 2005.08.24 at 15:02:55(13311) Damn - I was looking forward to some extra space to put plants while this rested. Yay - Everythings normal! The soil I have them in is very well aerated, lots of sand in the mix, so far, these guys (and the Titanum seed I bought) have been no trouble at all! Thanks for the reply! Neil +More On 23 Aug 2005, at 20:27, Wilbert Hetterscheid wrote: Yep, this is normal. Most species from Borneo have VERY short resting periods during which the tubers must NEVER dry out!!! Also they appreciate a well-aerated (is that a word??) soil and LOTS of water!!!!!!! Ask Peter Boyce, he has first-hand experience and I believe him since the days I am doing this too, after having had trouble with these bast....errrr, difficult plants for years! Wilbert _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2005.08.25 at 03:40:11(13313) That would be: eburneus brachyphyllus rugosus pendulus venustus hottae (althought THIS one can do with more average soil and less water) angulatus julaihii hewittii lambii borneensis tinekeae infundibuliformis costatus linguiformis Cheerio, Wilbert +More Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens LMassey628@aol.comVerzonden: woensdag 24 augustus 2005 4:42Aan: aroid-l@gizmoworks.comOnderwerp: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus Hewitii Dormancy In a message dated 8/23/2005 10:16:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, hetter@xs4all.nl writes: Yep, this is normal. Most species from Borneo have VERY short restingperiods during which the tubers must NEVER dry out!!! Also they appreciate awell-aerated (is that a word??) soil and LOTS of water!!!!!!! Short resting period NEVER dry out - but lots of water What other species come from Borneo and have these requirements ? Thanks Wilbert. Linda _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Mike! Mike at MikeMiller.com> on 2005.08.25 at 13:16:52(13319) Wilbert is absolutely correct. We find that none of the indigenous Bornean Amorphs are dormant for long. In fact, many species are effectively in leaf all the time in that a new leaf is emerging as the old leaf is in its final stages of senescence. We grow in coconut peat, coconut fibre, washed coarse sand and a small proportion of burnt soil, water copiously and also feed copiously. The minimum at the nursery here is 22 C (c. 72 F) and the maximum 34 C (c. 93 F). Peter, can you speak to the "burnt soil" component of your potting medium? What does it add to the party? How is it prepared? Just guessing here, but is charcoal anywhere close to a reasonable substitute? Thanks for the info, Mike! +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Bryan Lampl blampl1 at earthlink.net> on 2005.08.25 at 15:37:01(13320) I recently acquired an Amorphophallus tinekeae tuber and it appears to be coming out of dormancy. Unfortunately, keeping it moist seems to be a problem. The outside of the tuber is trying to break down and I am afraid it will be a loss before the plant can emerge. I have also had similar trouble with borneensis. +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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