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Old 11-14-2005, 11:11 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Fruiting myth

Sometimes in a very rare event, a pup will bore through the dying stalk that has already fruited and create an illusion that it regrows and bears fruit again. I have seen such a thing only once. This does not violate the rule that once a stalk has fruited, that stalk dies out, but the plant (which is really in the corm) is very much alive, shooting new stalks or pups.
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