RE: [Aroid-l] Alocasia Sanderiana dormant

From: John Ludwig <onesforusall at yahoo.com> on 2006.12.02 at 01:59:03(14883) Thank You Denis, I suapected that it is dormant. All of the leaves have dropped but the base is firm with no signs of rot. I have it potted in a very airy mix of well rotted bark and perlite as well as a small amount of sphagnum moss. It is potted in an Orchid pot with plenty of holes in the sides and botton for good airation of the roots and growing medium. I have watered it extremely sparingly, but upon your advice I will curtail all watering until it shows signs of new growth. I am hesitant to unpot it because it has been through a shocking experience already with the fluctuating temperature extremes. It has already been repotted 2 times in the past 4 months. I potted it in its current medium after I was advised by a friend that the heavier soil based medium it was originally planted in was not airy enough for this species. I undersatand that this is an extremely slow growing species. Thank you again Denis. Reguards, John Ludwig. +More --- Denis Rotolante wrote: > It is quite possible that your sanderiana is > dormant. You could try > unpotting the rhizome and checking for rot disease. > If all looks well, > remove any dead tissues, repot in fresh potting mix > and waterit in. Keep > it semi dry until it starts to make new growth. > > Denis > Silver Krome Gardens, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of > John Ludwig > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 8:06 PM > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > Subject: [Aroid-l] Alocasia Sanderiana dormant > > > I recently was forced to move all of my Aroids to my > attic because of some major renovations in my home. > I > have since moved them back into a permanent winter > growing room under lights with some natural > sunlight. > My A. Sanderiana Has shed all of its leaves and I > believe that the cooler Temperature in the attic > caused it to go dormant. The attic had dropped to > the > low 40's at night and a few specimens had suffered > including my Alocasia and my Sauromatun Venosum. > The > lowest night Temperature now is 62 degrees. Has > anybody experienced this before? > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ____________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > beta. > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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