Re: Titanum rearing question

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.06.17 at 15:31:02(6747) Dear Nyles, PLEASE get and study the article by Craig Allen of Fairchild Gradens in Miami which is available in a back-issue of Aroideana, (and if you are not already a member, please join the IAS while you are about it!!!) he gives great inf. on the cultivation of this wonderful, rare and sometimes difficult species! Multiple tubers from one have been produced by Craig, he feels it was because of a too-small pot, these babies need ROOM!. Cheers, Julius +More >>Hello All! This is my first year with a titanum tuber. It's a 3 year old. I've got 3 sprouts that seem to all be coming up. I planted the tuber, and exposed the larger potential sprouts to light by digging out little trenches around them. As they grew I filled in the soil. Now they are all about a foot high and really starting to grow the last few days. This was in an effort to get more leaf material for trying to root cuttings and tissue culture work. The person who raised the tuber thought the reason multiple shoots were coming up this year was because it was in a small pot for its size the year before. So is this typical for more than one shoot to develop? As the tuber is absorbed, will I end up with 3 independent plants? Do you all, familiar with Amorphs, think that it may still abort two? Do you think exposing the small shoots to light had anything to do with further development? I also have another amorpho question but I'll post it separately. Many thanks! Nyles in Arizona _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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