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[Aroid-l] Initiation of Flowering in Amorphophallus

From: ken at spatulacity.com (Ken Mosher) on 2008.03.25 at 02:47:42(17211)
> I know that many of you do not actually want your plants of
> Amorphophallus to flower
Who are those people and why are they allowed to impose their twisted
beliefs upon their poor plants?!
-Ken
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Tom Croat wrote:
>
> Fellow Aroiders:
>
> My Director is anxious that we flower Amorphophallus titanum which we
> have had here for many years. It has always been an embarrassment that
> we, among all the institutions in the world practically, have not
> flowered this species even though we have had the species from the
> earliest days. Anyway, I am now asking for advice from those of you
> who have flowered this species if you know of any way it can be
> induced to flower. I know that many of you do not actually want your
> plants of Amorphophallus to flower but if you have any ideas about
> what would induce these ?lazy? plants of mine to flower (short of
> killing it) please let me know.
>
> Tom Croat
>

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