Fwd: Homalonema species longevity

From: Phil Pettitt <philbee10 at yahoo.com> on 1999.01.13 at 01:50:11(2888) ---Phil Pettitt wrote: > > I work at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, i look after a collection > of +More > Aroids for Dr Alistair Hay. We seem to have problems with Homalonema sp. > The problem seems to be that we have a research collection with > accessions > of plant material up to 8 years old. Many of our plants refuse to > thrive or even grow no > matter how we change their cultural conditions. They just sit there, > even > though when they first entered the collection they grew strongly. > > We have determined that some species fall over and root further along > the > stem so we have tried potting them lower into the mix with some success. > Any further information in improving their life span, propagation > methods > and or cultural info would be much appreciated. > > Thanks > > Phil Pettitt > > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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