Amorphophallus henryi

From: David SCHERBERICH <earmag at cybercable.tm.fr> on 1998.03.08 at 01:47:05(1941) Dear all, while we are speaking of Amorphophallus, regarding the A. henryi seeds some of us received a few months ago, does someone know a way to break the "up to 9 months" dormancy and what it is due to ? Regards. David. David Scherberich +More 3, rue de la Broque 67000 Strasbourg France email: earmag@cybercable.tm.fr

From: GeoffAroid at aol.com on 1999.02.01 at 22:10:13(2984) A year and 1 month ago Peter Randall distributed seeds of Amorphophallus henryi; at the time I remember Wilbert saying we should be prepared for a = long +More wait. However I duly sowed them in a mixture of commercial houseplant comp= ost and chopped Sphagnum moss and sat back to wait....and wait.....and wait. Every few months I would check the seeds and see that they were still firm= and green and even had signs of a growing point, but they never actually germinated. Until today - joy of joys!! I happened to look in the propagat= or and there is a beautiful young plant about 2 inches in height, they have finally made it. I am so happy it is ridiculous, I feel it is such an achievement, almost like a prolonged birth. I would be interested to hear from other recipients of these seeds and of their progress if any. I will certainly report on their growth over the co= ming weeks. Still on Amorphs...if anyone in England is reading this and would like lar= ge (6” plus diameter) tubers of A. paeoniifolius I can get supply them at reasonable cost plus post and packing, please email me directly...not the list! Geoffaroid@aol.com Regards to all, Geoffrey

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