yves Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Hello After 6 months finger crossed, I had the chance to succeed in A, titanum leaf cutting. Nothing really new, I just followed this recipe : http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1686545/amorphophallus-titanum-leaf-cutting Cut a part of the leaf the 4th April, in July I was obliged to repot the cuttings because of a substrate gnat infestation, just took the opportunity to take a pic. 5 rooted leaf portions out of 7, then I had to wait 2 more months before the first stem appeared. Yves 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 very nice Yves, thanks for sharing. do you know if a tuber will eventually develop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropicbreeze Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 You've done well. Getting the cuttings to root and small tubers to develop isn't so difficult. But it's after that where the difficulties arise, getting the first leaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Hi Gary It seems cuttings go through 2 phases, first: production of roots from the piece of petiole. That's the case of first picture. Then there is production of a little tuber, 0.5 - 1cm diam. The first stem is producted by this little tuber. At the begining, there is just a green eye on the tuber and a few roots start to grow at the base of this green shoot. Only after these roots develop, the stem will start to grow. So, when stems grow, there is already a tuber. Tropicbreeze: I don't agree with you, the first step of growth is dead easy, there is no dormancy and stems will grow one after another. (one to one and a half year) Problems arrive with the first real dormancy, tubers dry very fast if kept to dry but also rot fast if kept to wet. In addition, tuber will awake when it wants. On my experience, longer is the dormancy, tougher is the awakening. Yves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 thanks Yves, good luck with the dormancy, I hope it awakens afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropicbreeze Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 I've been growing these over many years, so I'll just have to disagree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 We've got one grower in northern Australia and another in Switzerland, I'm not surprised that each experiences differences in the plants behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilou68 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Do you know where could i find a seed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted October 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Just keep an eye open on the net, sometime there are some offers. Yves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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