Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus tuber growth without leaf?

From: Douglas Bertelsen douglas.bertelsen at gmail.com> on 2006.08.08 at 14:41:10(14482) Peter, Soluble sugars would have a higher affinity for water as well as increase the overall molality of the cell sap. I would follow that a dehydrated plant (one sitting dry on a shelf) would rapidly take up water both because of the dehydration and the starch breakdown. Example: most seeds store energy as starches, but during imbibition they swell several times their original size. Doug +More I give some more details. 1st case) A. kiusianus - plant not even developed the leaf correctly, never unfolded completely and died fast away. The tuber tripples it's size. 2nd case) Helicodiceros muscivorus - i planted several tubers (some very tiny) in a pot, just one realy thrived. Meanwhile the leaf begin to die back and I digged down to see what the tuber do. And found beneath the biggest tuber (the one with leaf) another tuber even bigger than the other ever was. greetings Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- treeferns & aroids: http://www.baumfarn.at/treefern (http://www.baumfarn.at) --------------------------------------------------- Amorphophallus network: http://www.amorphophallus.baumfarn.at/ _______________________________________________ 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

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