Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Amorph temperature question., 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
Thanks for that, I'll go with those temps. It's the room I keep photos, documents, books, and other items that need protection from our heat and humidity. Why not add Amorphs to that list? :O)

When I got home today (work takes me away for a fortnight at a time) the bulbifer was just a withered stem, couldn't see it at first. Surprisingly, the symonianus had totally collapsed, never noticed previously it was calling it quits for the season. More surprising were a couple of paeoniifolius starting to wilt. All the rest are still looking great, especially the giant one. The galbras aren't much more than seedlings and still growing well. And my titanum looks like it's only just grown up and ready for a full season.

The thing in common with those that have wilted is they were growing close together. Probably the automatic sprinkler wasn't soaking enough in that area. I know that paeoniifolius can take a lot of water. It grows wild here, often along rivers. I've seen it flooded (totally submerged) for a few days at a time during the wet season. Comes out leaflets coated with silt that eventually washes off with subsequent rains. The ground they're in stays very wet. And the plants look great afterwards. I wouldn't try replicating though. Nature has the "right touch" and knows just how much she can get away with.

The photo is of the symonianus showing the thickening at the top of the petiole, where the leaflets branch out. Have no idea what that is - simply a thickening or some sort of organ/structure?