Vol. 53

Title:
Cuttings from the Edge

Author:
Tony Avent

pp: 404-405

Abstract:
The following are the notes used to describe slides that were shown at the Annual Meeting.

• Amaryllid leaf cuttings (early-mid summer, 1000 ppm Dip and Grow).
• Cuttings must be taken just after spring flowering since late summer cuttings do not root well (May — July in North Carolina).
• 1 to 2 inch long leaf cuttings.
• 8 to 12 weeks for rooting, shoots emerge 4 weeks later.
• Cuttings will rot if soil is kept too wet.
• Cutting stuck in twelve 4 cell packs.
• Eucomis comosa ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ plant.
• Eucomis comosa ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ leaf.
• Eucomis comosa ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ leaf cuttings rooted.
• Eucomis comosa ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ leaf cuttings rooted with new plants.
• Ledebouria ‘Gary Hammer’ leaf cuttings.
• Ledebouria ‘Gary Hammer’ plant.
• Amorphophallus propagation.
• Amorphophallus plant.
• Amorphophallus flower.
• Corm main bud removal (scooping) is done with knife in Feb–April, then allowed to dry for 4 weeks. Corm is then cut into up 4–8 sections with swollen eyes.

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