Re: Huh? Summer dormancy?

From: Phil Wilson (cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2000 - 04:20:55 PST


Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:20:55 +0000
From: Phil Wilson <cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg812$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Huh? Summer dormancy?

Miguel,
>
>Thanks for clarifying me on this matter.
>Just a little question: how does D. cistiflora survive the dormancy? Does it
>have a tuber or what? And how do I know when they want to enter dormancy?
>One of the seedlings seems to be dying, while the others are growing. I
>don't know if it's really dying or just entering dormancy.
>
They survive by means of fleshy roots from which the new growth emerges
post dormancy.

You will know the plants are going dormant when they start to die back.
The above-the-ground part of the plant will die but the fleshy roots
will remain below the soil surface.

Regards,
Phil Wilson
Email: cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk



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