Re: Alocasia Black Velvet blooms

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1997.04.30 at 13:53:22(680) Assuming that the flower is as boring as I think it's going to be, I'll take that as advice that I should remove it. I've always removed caladium inflorescences for that reason and guess I should do the same with this. Thanks, Les +More At 05:40 PM 4/29/97 -0500, you wrote: >Lester: Everything being equal the inflorescence will set back leaf >production as it is essentially achlorophyllous. > Tom >> >> I'm not sure what the species is for the Alocasia Black Velvet (it's listed >> in the Glasshouse Works web page as Black Velevt and not by its >> horticultural name). >> >> Anyway, the plant has been doing quite well this past winter and is now >> putting out a bloom. I'm curious if it's better for the plant to remove >> the bloom or whether I can allow it to proceed. If removing a bloom would >> add significant strength to further leaf production, I'd rather have the >> greater number of leaves. >> Les >> >> >> > > >-- >Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D. >P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany >Missouri Botanical Garden >P.O. Box 299 >St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 >phone: 314-577-5163; fax 314-577-9596; email croat@mobot.org > > >

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