What the heck is going on here?

From: exotics at hawaii.rr.com (Windy Aubrey) on 2008.04.24 at 21:08:17(17451) Hi Friends, I have never seen this happen before on an Anthurium inflorescences' If you know, please clue me in. Thanks, Windy +More Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: DSCN0874.jpg Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080424/6f7fc6de/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DSCN0874.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 28868 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080424/6f7fc6de/attachment-0001.jpg

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From: ju-bo at msn.com (ju-bo at msn.com) on 2008.04.25 at 09:16:21(17456) ________________________________ > From: exotics at hawaii.rr.com > To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:08:17 -1000 > Subject: [Aroid-l] What the heck is going on here? Dear Windy, Nice mystery! Try removing one or two of these structures and, using a strong hand lense, dissect them carefully using an exacto knife. Try to determine what their origin may be, if they may mutated flowers, or maybe mutated fruit/ seeds? Have you sprayed any hormone liquids near to this plant?? Is it a newly purchased specimen?? If you can find no answer when you dissect, I`d place the whole spadix in alcohol and see if Tom Croat or any other taxonomist wants to or will take a look and try to determine the origin of these abnormal structures. They may just be an artifact of a hybrid birds nest-type Anthurium. Maybe Denis or Bill Rotalante has seen these on other plants?? Good Growing, Julius +More > Hi Friends, > > I have never seen this happen before on an Anthurium inflorescences' > > If you know, please clue me in. > > Thanks, > Windy > > > Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: > DSCN0874.jpg > > Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled.

From: abri1973 at wp.pl (Marek Argent) on 2008.04.25 at 12:31:40(17458) Hi Windy For me it looks like a step back in evolution. It may be a very precious photo. Can you take a closeup of this phenomenon, cos it looks like this anthurium formed a petal instead of a tepal and a distinct pistil. Marek +More ----- Original Message ----- From: Windy Aubrey To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:08 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] What the heck is going on here? Hi Friends, I have never seen this happen before on an Anthurium inflorescences' If you know, please clue me in. Thanks, Windy Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: DSCN0874.jpg Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. __________ NOD32 Informacje 3053 (20080424) __________ Wiadomosc zostala sprawdzona przez System Antywirusowy NOD32 http://www.nod32.com lub http://www.nod32.pl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l __________ NOD32 Informacje 3053 (20080424) __________ Wiadomosc zostala sprawdzona przez System Antywirusowy NOD32 http://www.nod32.com lub http://www.nod32.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080425/3cf7f20e/attachment.htm

From: growit7 at windstream.net (Tere Baber) on 2008.04.25 at 14:17:15(17459) Are those the flowers starting? Very interesting. Looks like flower buds maybe. ----- Original Message ----- From: Windy Aubrey +More To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:08 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] What the heck is going on here? Hi Friends, I have never seen this happen before on an Anthurium inflorescences' If you know, please clue me in. Thanks, Windy Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: DSCN0874.jpg Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1397 - Release Date: 4/25/2008 7:42 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080425/33c26b16/attachment.htm

From: jonathan.ertelt at vanderbilt.edu (Jonathan Ertelt) on 2008.04.25 at 16:24:16(17460) Windy, I may be completely off given that folks much more well-versed in this stuff have already weighed in and no one has suggested this, but it looks to me like your inflorescence has gone to an infructescence, and you have some fruits that have started to pop out and perhaps your humidity has been low or they got caught in the sun and have started to dry. In at least two of these strange-looking structures (drying fruits) I can see what looks to be at least one of the seeds. So, my guess is that you've got some drying fruit which did not pop out as fully as mature fruit generally do from the spadix structure. Good luck and good growing. Jonathan +More >? >Hi Friends, > >I have never seen this happen before on an Anthurium inflorescences' > >If you know, please clue me in. > >Thanks, >Windy > > >Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: >DSCN0874.jpg > >Note: To protect against computer viruses, >e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving >certain types of file attachments. Check your >e-mail security settings to determine how >attachments are handled. > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:DSCN0874.jpg (JPEG/?IC?) (000EC466) >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-L mailing list >Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080425/0a1a2275/attachment-0001.htm

From: exotics at hawaii.rr.com (Windy Aubrey) on 2008.04.25 at 20:04:56(17463) Hi Everyone, Weird huh! I will do as Julius has suggested and will perform a dissection to see what's going on. Externally they look like claws upside down. Almost like a tiny spathe without a spadix. No, I don't use hormones on any of our plants. It now has three inflorescences displaying these 'things'. I'll pull one or two off of each spadix and see if there is any further development in the older ones. Their is no seed capsule present. I do not know if this plant was Tissue Culture or seed grown, but chances are it is a TC. If I don't see anything when I cut it open tonight, I will prepare an entire inflorescences in alcohol and send it on. I'll also try to photograph what I see up close. I'll post those images so everyone can take a good look at it too. Maybe Denis or Bill can also weigh in if they have seen it before in their stock. What fun these plants are! Windy +More ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] What the heck is going on here? > > > > ________________________________ >> From: exotics at hawaii.rr.com >> To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com >> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:08:17 -1000 >> Subject: [Aroid-l] What the heck is going on here? > Dear Windy, > > Nice mystery! Try removing one or two of these structures and, using a > strong hand lense, dissect them carefully using an exacto knife. Try to > determine what their origin may be, if they may mutated flowers, or maybe > mutated fruit/ seeds? > Have you sprayed any hormone liquids near to this plant?? Is it a newly > purchased specimen?? > If you can find no answer when you dissect, I`d place the whole spadix in > alcohol and see if Tom Croat or any other taxonomist wants to or will take > a look and try to determine the origin of these abnormal structures. > They may just be an artifact of a hybrid birds nest-type Anthurium. > Maybe Denis or Bill Rotalante has seen these on other plants?? > > Good Growing, > > Julius > > >> Hi Friends, >> >> I have never seen this happen before on an Anthurium inflorescences' >> >> If you know, please clue me in. >> >> Thanks, >> Windy >> >> >> Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link >> attachments: >> DSCN0874.jpg >> >> Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent >> sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your >> e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >

From: Thomas.Croat at mobot.org (Tom Croat) on 2008.04.25 at 22:08:19(17468) Dear Windy: Can you tell if these are outgrowths of the tepals or are they a malformed pistil? Tom +More ________________________________ From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Windy Aubrey Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:08 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: [Aroid-l] What the heck is going on here? Hi Friends, I have never seen this happen before on an Anthurium inflorescences' If you know, please clue me in. Thanks, Windy Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: DSCN0874.jpg Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080425/60f897a2/attachment-0001.htm

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