Re: [Aroid-l] Leaf bulbils

From: Christopher Rogers <branchiopod at gmail.com> on 2011.04.04 at 15:27:39 How yer goin'? =A0 Just let them fall off the leaves all on their own. In the wild they come off on their own with out rotting. =A0 Oo'roo, Christopher On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Greg Ruckert <greg@alpacamanagement.com> wrote: As the growing season for Amorphophallus draws to a close I have a number of plants developing leaf bulbils. =A0 What is the best way to handle these as the leaf dies down? =A0 Do we need to use a knife to remove leaf tissue or is it safer to let the leaf tissue dessicate away from the bulbil? =A0 Is there a risk of the bulbils rotting as the leaf collapses? =A0 Cheers, Greg Ruckert. Nairne, South Australia. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- D. Christopher Rogers ((,///////////=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D< 785.864.1714 Crustacean Taxonomist and Ecologist Kansas Biological Survey Kansas University, Higuchi Hall 2101 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3759 USA http://www.kbs.ku..edu/ http://www.kbs.ku.edu/directory/d-christopher-rogers/ Associate Editor, Journal of Crustacean Biology Vice President, Southwest Association of Freshwater Invertebrate Taxonomists SAFIT.ORG --0022159f041a6b7ad104a0196620-- --===============9191386742783640851==

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