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Dioscorea Elephantipes

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This happened a few weeks ago, does anybody know what is wrong?
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Its growing 2 new vines ?.
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I mean why is the side flat
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The 2 new vines suggest it's healthy so I think the caudex is starting the normal change from the smooth sphere that young plants have into the fissured shape of older plants. The crack on top looks like the first one to happen and more will happen as the caudex begins - in effect - to break open as it gets larger from the inside. It's a bit dramatic and worth taking pics over the growing season to record the progress of the change in shape.

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Looks perfectly normal to me !

The caudex changes appearance as it ages and over times it gets really corky & gnarled resembling an elephants skin.

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Thanks everyone!
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To misquote Paul Hogan: “That’s not flat, this is flat!”
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Here's a side view.
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It turned like this in only a day
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