Good morning,
I bought a
Mayan mask few weeks ago and has 2 flowers. i want to see if I can propagate and I googled and it has instructions how to do it.
Had anyone tried this? If you please share your experience.
I thank you.
Belle
Anyone has experience propagating from seed??
i pollinated a ..i think thai giant a couple yrs ago.. berries set..but i lost track of
the berries..so i got nothin from it..:( sigh..
lari ann gardiner has great info on sucessful procedures to follow to set b
berries on your EE.. its on aroids.org.. also a super orgainization to belong to..
I will read on it again. Thanks for your response.
Belle
I had an alocasia x portodora that made berries and I planted them. The seeds were easy to start, I just pushed them into some potting soil in a starter flat with 24 little divisions and then I went to Sweden for a month. When I got home my partner had kept them alive. I had pretty much given up on them. I got 24 baby plants, including 2 that are different from all the rest. Unless you want a lot of plants, it may not be worth it. I think I'm going to just have to compost some of mine.
Why would you compost them. I would like to try if they will come back as the mother. It will be interesting.
Belle
I am composting them because they are big plants and I have a dozen of them already. You are right, it is interesting.
Peony, I'd love to see a picture of the seedlings/plants you got from those berries. I have yet to set seed on any of my portoras, although they have plenty of pollen. If you got self-set, you have what I'm looking for. I'm especially interested in the ones that are different from the others. Tell me more!
I had oodles of Thai giants come up from seeds LOL About 4 yrs ago the plant made seeds.I did not know what they were and when the plant died back just cut off the seed thingy and thru it in a container that was sitting near by. In the spring I probably had 100 pups. Gave them to everyone here I could get to take them. It has been about 3 years or since then and no one has told me how the plants did or didn't do. Sure wish I knew.
Lavina
its a slow yr this summer..so far.. all my tropicals are taking there
own sweet time..
nanners,EE's, amorphs..
im thinking i may not get pups this yr.. would be nice if EE's put on some size
this yr!!!! :)
Mine are slow also but they are beginning to come up finally.
Lavina
Peony, make sure you get your info to LariAnn. She is a pro with a ton of experience.
Yes, I just saw this. Thanks for bumping it up. I'll get some pics tomorrow. I did post pics of the seed when it was set.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1268098/?hl=
This message was edited Jun 25, 2013 6:53 PM
Peony,
I checked your pic of the seed when it set and I have to let you know that your plant pictured is not Alocasia x portora. It is Alocasia odora, from which I get regular seed set as well. See link below for my pages on Alocasia x portora. As the person who developed that hybrid over 30 years ago (!), I am 100% certain of my identification.
http://www.aroidiaresearch.org/portora.htm
http://www.aroidiaresearch.org/portora2.htm
Kind regards,
LariAnn