sun question for X. violaceum

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1998.07.14 at 21:44:34(2470) The yautia lili tubers I purchased at a hispanic grocery store for $1.98 a pound are sprouting large colorful shoots. I got such a great response about the sun needs of amorphophallus in tuber production that I thought I'd try a related question here. With the X. violaceum, I don't really care about tuber production since full sized tubers are available for a pittance. The question is: what's the ideal sun/shade balance to produce the largest sized and most colorful leaf in X. violaceum? I expect the first leaf will be fully open in 2-3 days and I want it open up in the appropriate amount of light so that I don't have to acclimate it at all. Thanks. Les +More http://www.kallus.com/aroids/plnthome.htm

From: Bob Riffle <71270.3070 at compuserve.com> on 1998.07.15 at 00:12:02(2471) Les, I had monster leaves (ca. 5' x 3') with the nearly tropical Houston sun on them from ca. 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (summer). They thrive on constant moisture and fish emulsion.

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