My dioscorea elephantipes, new shoots already!

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    Joe Caudex Seedling

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    About a month ago, my dioscorea went into it's dormant phase.

    All the leaves browned so I removed them and stopped watering it.

    I placed it in my bedroom with some other plants out of the way and forgot about it. I looked at it yesterday and it's put out a big new vine already!

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    I thought that it would stay dormant for the whole of summer and put out a new vine in the autumn?

    It is kept indoors the whole time so I'm wondering if it's a bit confused due to it's climate?

    You can't really see in the pic but the end of the vine looks like a flower head rather than a leaf. Do you think it's flowering?

    I've given it a little frame to climb up so hopefully it's happy!

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    After doing some research it seems that it's up to the plant when it puts out a new vine and isn't determined by the seasons. So it can sit dormant for months or weeks depending on what it feels like doing!
     

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