Amorphophallus titanum bloom - Cockrell Butterfly

From: "Derek Burch" <derek at horticulturist.com> on 2010.08.15 at 11:53:59(21281) The results of this experiment will be very interesting to follow. I would have been very cautious about trying it since I would have thought ethylene is more likely to inhibit flowering then encourage it. An aging banana or apple certainly works in inducing flowering in bromeliads (and was the precursor of an ethylene (usually ethrel) treatment that is pretty standard commercial practice now to time a crop’s flowering), as many supermarkets who had the flower section next to the produce department found, when their flowers aged and died prematurely. Onward with science, and good luck Houston. Derek HTML +More Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 12:22 PM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum bloom - Cockrell Butterfly Centerat the Houston Museum of Natural Scienceh sience Aroiders, I just came across this article (http://goo.gl/iaka) about using ripening bananas to help the bloom open and wanted to share. There is more info about the Center and the Bloom at http://goo.gl/bSA9. I searched recent emails from the list and don't see anything about this, but if I missed and am reposting, my apologies. Best, Robert ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01CB3C4F.05C2DA50-- --==============s87954941019178055=

From: "E.Vincent Morano" <ironious2 at yahoo.com> on 2010.08.15 at 18:37:55(21282) He is using the ethylene gas given off of the bananas to help the process it would seem. I myself have successfully used ethylene to force all my amorphophallus tubers to sprout at the same time. I did this last year. This year I did not do this so I could see of they would sprout at the same time or at different times. As of now mid August, I still have some that are just barely now breaking the surface of the soil. However, I did not have success doing this to a.mulleri, it just ripened like a peice of fruit. Is smelled like a very ripe pinaple and just turned soft. Unfortunatly it was my only one so I cannot experiment further on a.mulleri I refuse to participate in the recession, Erin Vincent Morano HTML +More --- On Sun, 8/15/10, Derek Burch wrote: From: Derek Burch Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum bloom - Cockrell Butterfly Centerat the Houston Museum of Natural Science To: "'Discussion of aroids'" Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 4:53 AM The results of this experiment will be very interesting to follow. I would have been very cautious about trying it since I would have thought ethylene is more likely to inhibit flowering then encourage it. An aging banana or apple certainly works in inducing flowering in bromeliads (and was the precursor of an ethylene (usually ethrel) treatment that is pretty standard commercial practice now to time a crop’s flowering), as many supermarkets who had the flower section next to the produce department found, when their flowers aged and died prematurely.. Onward with science, and good luck Houston . Derek Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 12:22 PM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum bloom - Cockrell Butterfly Centerat the Houston Museum of Natural Scienceh sience Aroiders, I just came across this article (http://goo.gl/iaka) about using ripening bananas to help the bloom open and wanted to share. There is more info about the Center and the Bloom at http://goo.gl/bSA9. I searched recent emails from the list and don't see anything about this, but if I missed and am reposting, my apologies. Best, Robert -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --0-316604618-1281897475=:79223-- --==============37415648912379230=

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