Re: [aroid-l] How many leaves??

From: "Petra Schmidt" petra at plantdelights.com> on 2003.08.16 at 14:48:55(10487) I've also seen the multiple leafing process in Amorphophallus tubers from tissue culture...tc plantlets typically produce leaf after leaf after leaf in the first growing season, probably a method of building up its root system to form a tuber size large enough to sustain itself through dormancy and the following growing season? It's an odd thing to witness... Petra +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [aroid-l] How many leaves?? > I can't comment with regard Amorphophallus, but I've had Typhonium venosum > (which the literature often says is solitary leaved) with four leaves > simultaneously, the largest 1.5 m tall with a leaf blade 1 meter in diameter > and the smallest 0.75 tall and 0.5 cm in diameter and regularly with three > leaves simultaneously. Plants with this many leaves went on to produce > exceptionally large tubers (maximum 1.25 kg with a diameter of 30.5 cm. > > Peter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: "Aroid list" > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 5:46 AM > Subject: [aroid-l] How many leaves?? > > > > I got two very nice Amorphophallus bulbifers earlier this year from the > > nice people at Gardino Nursery. The Amorphophallus issue of Aroideana says > > that A. bulbifer has solitary or paired leaves. Both of mine are now > > growing their *third* leaf (simultaneous, all three are there at once)! > How > > unusual is that and does it have any implications? > > > > -Ken >

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