[Aroid-l] tall Alocasia 'Calidora' with a "pseudotrunk"

From: lbmkjm at yahoo.com (brian lee) on 2008.06.25 at 17:25:35(17961) Dear Eric and Julius, Aloha. I have noticed the same thing in Hawaii...but, I did not know why these things got so large and then declined...I assumed it was part of their natural history...not so much a horticultural issue. Although we also have nematodes and that loomed in my mind. Add Alocasia'Sarian', to the large pseudotrunk Alocasia that get large and fall over and decline. I will mound leaf litter on my other plants and see how that works. Thanks Julius for great advice...again. Aloha, Leland +More --- On Wed, 6/25/08, Eric Schmidt wrote: > From: Eric Schmidt > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] tall Alocasia 'Calidora' with a "pseudotrunk" > To: "Discussion of aroids" > Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 3:06 AM > Thats interesting! I know sometimes Xanthosoma > sagitiifolium starts to grow upright and usually falls > over. Alocasia 'Calidora' is probably the strongest > one we have grown and the one in the photo is the > tallest any of got. Alocasia 'Portora' grows up but > either falls over or declines, and the top dies off. > Same with Alocasia portei. Now I know why they > decline! > > Eric > Orlando,FL > > > > --- ju-bo at msn.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:30:29 -0700 > > > From: leu242 at yahoo.com > > > To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com > > > Subject: [Aroid-l] tall Alocasia > 'Calidora' with a > > "pseudotrunk" > > > > Dear Eric, > > > > Yes, some Alocasias do grow tall. I THINK that on > > this list, and only just recently, Pete Boyce was > > describing how, in the wild, the falling leaves keep > > up with the vertical growth of an Alocasia > > rhizome/''trunk'', and that many > Alocasias > > eventually die when potted because the grow too tall > > and there is no humus being deposited around the > > rhizomes for them to send new roots into. I THINK > > he also said that many species sort of ''fall > over'' > > naturally and grow horizontally along the ground. > > He said to try growing them in a pot about 1/2 full > > of medium, and adding old leaves around their > > rhizomes as they became taller. > > We find the same thing/problem with Neotropical > > Xanthosoma sps., the equiv. to the Asian Alocasias. > > > > Good Growing, > > > > Julius > > > > > > > I knew the tubers on some Alocasia would grow > > above > > > ground and form a "pseudotrunk" but > didn't know > > they > > > could get this big. This is Alocasia > 'Calidora' > > and it > > > is about 7ft tall with about 5ft of > "trunk" > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/4roegn > > > > > > > > > Eric > > > Orlando,FL z9b/10a > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Aroid-L mailing list > > > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > > > > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > _______________________________________________ > > Aroid-L mailing list > > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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