Sick alocasia

From: stevenh at sirius.com (Steve H) on 1997.03.31 at 18:43:44(552) Fellow Aroiders, I recently purchased an alocasia plant from Home Depot. I brought it home and repotted it into a larger pot. I was very careful not to disturb the root mass. With in a week two of the four leaves began to droop. The base of the leaf stems became soft and mushy and eventually rotted off at the base of the plant. Since then the remaining two leaves have drooped to the extent that the stems can no longer support the leaves. No rot on these two yet. Can anybody give me some advice as to what is going on with my plant? Can it be saved? Steve Hall +More stevenh@sirius.com

From: "Neal R. Foster" <nealfost at umich.edu> on 1997.04.03 at 23:58:39(569) Steve, I grow a few different types of Alocasias and some of them seem to sulk and go dormant at unpredictable times, and I haven't yet figured out whether there is any regular seasonal pattern. The drooping of the oldest, outermost leaves may be a signal of this. I suggest that you just be patient, back off on the watering, and wait till new sprouts come again. +More --Neal Neal R. Foster, U.S. Department of Interior, USGS-Biological Resources Division, Great Lakes Science Center, 1451 Green Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2807; Phone [+voicemail]: (313)994-3331-x264; FAX: (313)994-8780; e-mail: nealfost@umich.edu On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Steve H wrote: > Fellow Aroiders, > > I recently purchased an alocasia plant from Home Depot. I brought it home > and repotted it into a larger pot. I was very careful not to disturb the > root mass. With in a week two of the four leaves began to droop. The base > of the leaf stems became soft and mushy and eventually rotted off at the > base of the plant. Since then the remaining two leaves have drooped to the > extent that the stems can no longer support the leaves. No rot on these two > yet. Can anybody give me some advice as to what is going on with my plant? > Can it be saved? > > Steve Hall > stevenh@sirius.com > > > >

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