Amorphophallus titanum at UBC
Paul Licht (Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:09:32 PDT)

Greg
We have our 15 yr old plants in a variety of pots. We have not been
encouraging full growth because of space constraints and I was frankly
caught by surprise when this latest 'little' one bloomed. It defies the
conventional wisdom that corms need to reach 30lbs. Many places that use
injection fertilization are producing much larger plants, although not
necessarily blooming. Also, like most geophytes that I have played with,
once you start treating them nicer, they respond and grow; i.e.,
stunting is not permanent.
Paul

Paul Licht, Director
Univ. California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510)-643-8999
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/

On 7/29/2010 9:45 PM, Greg Ruckert wrote: