Re: [Aroid-l] Titanum does NOT produce offsets!

From: "StroWi at t-online.de" StroWi at t-online.de> on 2006.05.23 at 07:51:28(14286) Aroiders, the description of Lord P(recise) reminds me of an information I got from Bjoern Malkmus (www.rareplants.de) some years ago. He took a deep breath and destroyed the central bud of his titanum with a knife which resulted in the formation of 3 or 4 adventitious buds and splitting of the tuber in the following vegetative growth preriod. Happy cutting and splitting, Bernhard. +More Dollbergen, Germany -----Original Message----- > Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 22:59:41 +0200 > Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Titanum does NOT produce offsets! > From: "Julius Boos" > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > > > Gentlemen and people, > > Amorphophallus titanum does NOT produce offsets. The phenomenon > described bt Craig Allen is indeed the development of adventitious > buds into new tubers (splitting). Offsets are real side > tubers/rhizomes developing on the mother tuber and separating from > that tuber by themselves in their first year, or at the start of their > second year. > > Lord P. _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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