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Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 0:06
| Hello! I realize that Amorphophallus bulbs need to be big enough flower, but once they are flowering size, do they bloom every year? Thanks! |
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- Posted by tropicbreezent (My Page) on Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 5:56
| They're not actually "bulbs", they're tubers (or corms). You need to understand the life cycle of amorphs. The tuber withers/dies each season and is replaced by a new one. The leaf produces the nutrients for the new tuber. The bigger the leaf, the bigger the tuber it produces. And the bigger the tuber, the bigger the leaf it produces in the next season. So you progressively get a bigger tuber and a bigger leaf. Once it reaches flowering size the reserves stored in the tuber go into the flower. There's usually enough left in the tuber to start a new leaf after the flower withers. Then it depends on how well that cycle of tuber and leaf feeding each other goes. Often the new tuber doesn't reach flowering size before the end of the season. You need to feed them well to have them flowering in consecutive years. |
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| so well explained tropic !! i would just add..the frequency of flowering depends on the amorph.. konjac for example once reaching flowering maturity flowers every yr.. on other side,titanum as i understand..will flower only maybe every 3-5 yrs.. im a newbie to amorphs..but certainly learning alot from the likes of posters here..much thanks !!! ? jardin..??what amorph are u growing? good luck to ya !!! |
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- Posted by jardinerowa 10 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 1:20
| Thanks folks for the responses! I actually haven't gotten my aroids yet. I ordered konjacs to start with and I'm excited to grow them. |
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