I received an Arachnis floes-aris bareroot. Its roots were dried and really
pretty bad, but it still had life in the leaves, so I persisted with it
instead of complaining to the vendor, keeping in a humid environment and
some shade waiting for new roots to sprout. This technique usually works OK
for me. Of course the plant later died, all the leaves dropping at once.
This made me wonder about a plant's ability to marshall resources when under
extreme duress. Humans will waste muscle when in starvation mode in order
to survive, hoping that better times will come. What do plants do? if
anything? I wonder if I had applied a rooting hormone to the remaining
roots would new growth have been spurted forward, or would that just be
kicking a dead horse, since all 'juices' had dried up and there would be no
way to kick start a metabolism that had gone kaput. (for lack of a better
term.)
Any input on kick starting a failed metabolism? Short of electroshock.
CLEAR! [BZZZZZZZT!]
K Barrett
N Calif, USA
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