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interbnk@infovia.com.gt
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To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L"
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Alocasia dormancy
> On Sun, 5 Mar 2000 Piabinha@aol.com wrote:
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> > geoffrey, right now i have A. Black Velvet, villanovii, micholitziana,
> > Elaine, Hilo Beauty, all dormant. interestingly enough, reversa has
proven
> > to be more resilient, and it is still green, although i can't seem to
keep
> > more than 2 leaves going at a time. i guess my apt. is just not warm
and
> > humid enough? in the summer, when the weather warms up, i hope they'll
> > sprout again.
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> I can only advise re: A. Black Velvet: keep it humid and in low light.
> Mine was languishing in the greenhouse (under 50 % shade cloth) and only
> after I dumped it into the holding area under the table for
> soon-to-be-junked pots, that it started growing and instead of the usual 2
> leaves, sprouted about 10 of them. Seeing that it recovered so nicely, I
> put it back on the table, and it promptly went down to 4 leaves. So now
> it lives back under the table...
>
> KK
> ====================
> "Microsoft is to software what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking"
>
> Krzysztof Kozminski
> kk@netgate.net
> http://u1.netgate.net/~kk/
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