Veltheimia broken basal disk
piaba (Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:48:48 PST)

hi john,

i haven't checked the bottom part that is buried.
when i broke off the bulb, i didn't separate the
different layers or scales. what's amazing is that
the bulb remained evergreen during the process. i
find that Veltheimias tend to produce side bulbs quite
prolifically. i'm happy that this bulb has rooted as
i quite often break bulbs when trying to separate
them. i now know not to do it until the bulbs get
quite big before separating them.

tsuh yang

--- John Bryan <johnbryan@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

That the broken Veltheima rooted is not surprising,
as what you have
accomplished is propagated it by scaling, i.e. basal
portions of the
leaves have rooted. Did you check to see if this is
so? If it is you
might well be able to separate the 'scales' and end
up with numerous
plants.
Regarding the basal disk, which you say has not done
a thing, I doubt if
you will get new growth, but you might try giving
warmer temperatures,
bottom heat would be best, and putting the disc at
or even just above
the soil, a very sandy mix would be best. Making a
couple of notches in
the disc might promote the production of growth.

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