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  Re: [Aroid-l] Dracontium amazonense going dormant?
From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at googlemail.com> on 2010.04.17 at 22:34:02(20845)
Hi Vincent

It's a common misconception that the Amazon (indeed much of the tropics) is
bathed in rain. Many tropical areas, including the Amazon, have a marked dry
season and often a significant proportion of the trees in these regions will
be semi deciduous or even deciduous, and a marked proportion of the
herbaceous flora will follow suite. The tuber in Dracontium is there to
enable to plant to pass through a leafless resting phase.

Very best

Peter

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