Re: [Aroid-l] Dracontium amazonense going dormant?

From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at googlemail.com> on 2010.04.17 at 22:34:02(20846) Hi Vincent It’s a common misconception that the Amazon (indeed muchof 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 inthese regions will be semi deciduous or even deciduous, and a marked proportionof the herbaceous flora will follow suite. The tuber in Dracontium isthere to enable to plant to pass through a leafless resting phase. Very best Peter HTML +More From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com[mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of E.VincentMorano Sent: Saturday, 17 April, 2010 12:21 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: [Aroid-l] Dracontium amazonense going dormant? Another question. Why would they go dormant if kept warm and wet? this spp is from the amazon. I refuse to participate in the in the recession. --- On Sun, 4/11/10, E.Vincent Morano wrote: From: E.Vincent Morano Subject: [Aroid-l] Dracontium amazonense going dormant? To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 7:30 PM I ahve a Dracontium amazonense going dormant now. Ive kept is wet and warmer then outside. It started by slowly loosing leaves. finally only one was left and the last one stayed there for about another month. now it is starting to turn yellow and the stem is softening like the others did before falling off. I also have several offsets in the pot. Non of the offsets ever sprouted but the did grow roots and get larger in size. After checking the offsets, I see that they are dormant also because their roots are gone. I have fertilized them the whole time theyve been growing, almost 2 years now. Can anyone tell me what is going on here? are they going to sleep or something else? If they are resting, how long will they rest?how should I store them? -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01CADEC1.24DFC6A0----==============…84223752935971973=

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