From: gcyao at mydestiny.net (George Yao) on 2008.06.28 at 00:10:09(17990)
Julius and Eric,
Some of the A. macrorrhizos I encountered in habitat 2 years ago were
fallen while others were still upright. They were on a slope up a
hill. The area was quite wet, being along a water run-off. I think
the fallen ones lost their foothold, maybe after a flashflood, as
shown in the first attached picture. Some of the fallen ones grew to
be quite big after their fall. The 2nd attached picture shows a clump
of trunks wedged together at the bottom, thus supporting each other
and staying upright.
George Yao
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Metro-Manila
Philippines
At 6/25/2008 06:09 AM, you wrote:
>----------------------------------------
> > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:30:29 -0700
> > From: leu242 at yahoo.com
> > To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
> > Subject: [Aroid-l] tall Alocasia 'Calidora' with a "pseudotrunk"
>
>Dear Eric,
>
>Yes, some Alocasias do grow tall. I THINK that on this list, and
>only just recently, Pete Boyce was describing how, in the wild, the
>falling leaves keep up with the vertical growth of an Alocasia
>rhizome/''trunk'', and that many Alocasias eventually die when
>potted because the grow too tall and there is no humus being
>deposited around the rhizomes for them to send new roots into. I
>THINK he also said that many species sort of ''fall over'' naturally
>and grow horizontally along the ground. He said to try growing
>them in a pot about 1/2 full of medium, and adding old leaves around
>their rhizomes as they became taller.
>We find the same thing/problem with Neotropical Xanthosoma sps., the
>equiv. to the Asian Alocasias.
>
>Good Growing,
>
>Julius
>
>
> > I knew the tubers on some Alocasia would grow above
> > ground and form a "pseudotrunk" but didn't know they
> > could get this big. This is Alocasia 'Calidora' and it
> > is about 7ft tall with about 5ft of "trunk"
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/4roegn
> >
> >
> > Eric
> > Orlando,FL z9b/10a
> >
> >
> >
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