Tropicals & Tender Perennials: My Amorph current state of affairs - winter, 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
Just thought I'd post an update on what's happening (and not happening) with my Amorphs seeing we're approaching mid winter soon.

All the konjacs and bulbifers went dormant some time back and are all safely stored in a polystyrene box.

The larger galbras also went dormant some time ago and are in storage. But the smaller ones held on for a long time. In fact, the last one is just now going into dormancy. Should be ready to dig up in a couple of weeks time.

The symonianus went a while back and I have an extra couple of bulblets they produced as well.

Variabilis only went dormant recently but was a bit of a disappointment as far as tuber size goes. It's supposed to be one of the easiest.

Albispathus is still going strong, although I can see some signs of aging on it. In 3 to 4 weeks it should be in storage as well.

The prainii went dormant in early summer and now has a shoot. I've planted it out but it hasn't broken the surface yet but is close. It's a winter grower.

Paeoniifolius is a mixed bag. While most of the plants went dormant some time back, quite a lot held back until quite recently. One is still going strong as though it was only the beginning of the season. Will be interesting to see what it does when the weather starts to warm up towards the end of winter, if it's still growing then.

Titanum is also a mixed bag. The large plant that had all the mishaps last year and went dormant early still isn't showing any signs of awakening. One of the seedlings, after 18 months of growing, finally went dormant. The other seedling developed 2 leaves. When it started to put on a 3rd the first leaf withered. So it now has 2 perfect leaves with no signs of calling it quits.

The first photo (left) is the galbra on its last legs. Second is the albispathus. Third is the paeoniifolius. And fourth is the titanum. The paler green leaf on the titanum is the newest.