Help-advice needed

From: "MJ Hatfield" mjhatfield at oneota.org> on 2002.02.03 at 16:43:17(8157) About 2 months ago I watched as my Typhonium pedunculatum's end leaves began to droop and curl. I didn't know if this was a precursor to dormancy or some problem with the plant. Over the weeks I watched more and more leaves curl and droop until finally I unpotted it to find not much left of a rotting tuber. It's gone. +More But now I have (You S. Florida folk don't laugh, please.) a Gonatopus bovinii that finished growing a new, robust petiole, about 1"-1 1/2"" in diameter, to a height of about 4'. Ahh, it looked great with it's thick shiny, mottled, glass smooth petiole. Then it sent up a flower stalk, then another. The flowers have yet to open but the leaves of the plant began to curl and droop, much like the Typhonium. I looked for some sort of "bug" explanation but couldn't find any. I waited for two weeks, but the droop did not improve. Finally, tonight, I unpotted this thing, ever so gently, to find the roots and tuber in fine shape. I repotted it, gently, with a fresh mix. My question now is, what should I do that would be best for the plant. It has been disrupted, some roots inadvertently torn, and it will not recover without some help. Do I: 1. cut off both the flower stalks to allow energy back to the plant 2. cut off some of the outer leaves to allow energy back to the plant 3. leave it alone and let whatever happen, happen (The plant is indestructible, or so I am told.) I know that babies can be started easily from leaves (not quite as easily as I am told though). I know this is a weed to some of you. But I am rather fond of it and am not ready to lose it. Please advise. Thank you. MJ Hatfield

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