Amorphophallus titanum leaf cutting
johnsonm08
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Comments (9)Hi, Pot them in whatever you have decided is the best mix for your conditions and water them once and put a baggie over the pot to maintain humidity. I rarely ever make suggestions about potting mix since my conditions are surely much different than yours!! For example, peat-based mixes cause instant death for my tubers, but growers in Miami have no problem with this.....different environment! I put them on a seedling heat mat to germinate mine. Do not soak in water overnight.....this is a bad idea!! Am. titanum grow like virtually every other Amorph. from a seed or baby tuber....they produce multiple petioles during the first growth cycle, but these are all feeding the same tuber underground. The old petiole will die back as the new one emerges far enough. There are a few African species I have grown from seed that only produce a single petiole before their first dormancy, but not many!! This behaviour of many petioles per growth cycle stops when the tuber is older. Am. titanum does not offset and so can not be propagated in this fashion. You can use leaf cuttings from what others have posted numerous times on the aroid-l, but I have personally never tried it. You should expect your titanum to grow continuously from seed for between 18 months and 30 months before its first dormancy if all is well. Remember, the dormancy on these is often very short....a few weeks....they are nearly evergreen. Unfortunately, I know of two people that bought seed of this species off ebay recently and they were apparently old seed that were no longer viable.....a real bummer considering how badly the people on ebay are gouging for seed of this thing. If the seed are good and you put them in a reasonable potting mix with bottom heat you should expect 100% germination. Best of luck :o) Dan...See MoreIncidental Amorphophallus titanum cutting advice
Comments (4)The times that I have heard of leaf cuttings successfully producing tubers was with leaf nodes such as the center and where each leaf branches. I have never heard of them rooting from the stem. you may want to see if you have any callusing of the stem now. If not I would take the nodes and dip them in rooting hormones, put them in perlite and keep them very warm and moist....See MoreAmorphophallus titanum
Comments (5)Yep, I got some from that same seller, except I contacted him to get half of that (five). They're doing very well in the garage at the moment; it can get quite humid in there, which they love, and I open the door in the early to late afternoon so they get their sunlight. I was a bit worried they wouldn't like it, but after I repotted and fed them, they're not showing any signs of displeasure. Some of them are even on their second leaf now since I've gotten them last month. Eventually I'll be getting a greenhouse. I'd by one of those pre-fabricated ones, but what I'm working on is completely custom-built (and not a small one either). I can't wait for the day they're mature enough to bloom!...See MoreTitans-s-
Comments (70)great news grab.. i havent given up on sucessfully growing..and eventually getting a titanum to bloom.. :) im pretty sure where i went wrong was in the soil.. titanum seem to be very susceptible to fungus.. and the soil i was using..a great soil wasnt the best for a potted up titanum..lesson learned.. :( ive learned from some of you here.. i plan to use a bio fungicide from now on with all my amorphs.. ?? so grab..where are u getting your titanums from?? tindara? friend..? when ya get them..hope u post unpotted pics..and growth progress.. i know im going to keep more pics of mine at various stages.. sort of science project..:) LOL good luck to ya !!!...See Morelomodor
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