Re: Alocasia Black Velvet

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.11.30 at 16:33:09(5735) Although I do not like Alocasias all that much, I DO have a soft spot for our Little Queenie and I have grown it with success under suboptimal conditions in the house, in a window sill. It produces offset tubers profusely and flowers and makes leaves all the time. You need to repot it though regularly because it "eats" the soil. It is very resistant here whereas most other Alocasias suffer from dry air pretty quickly. So, mr. TYC from NYC, USA, you need to do a tad better......... :-) Wilbert Lord P. +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: donderdag 30 november 2000 4:45 Subject: Re: Alocasia Black Velvet > well, all of this is not a good sign for me then as my plant has 2 > inflorescences. truly, i have never seen this plant with more than 4 leaves > and i know from others that they had very little luck growing it. this is > also my 2nd plant, i have already lost one. > > one correction, i had said previously that it was fragrant but i think i was > smelling something else that day as i have not detected any fragrance since. > > tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA (excited about Anthurium crystallinum > germinating!!!) >

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