Re: [aroid-l] amorphophallus and mockingbirds]

From: "Alan Galloway" alan_galloway at bellsouth.net> on 2003.07.21 at 12:49:39(10414) Subject: Re: [aroid-l] amorphophallus > and mockingbirds > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 09:30:38 -0400 +More > From: Tom and Ann Kline > Reply-To: TomAnnKline@worldnet.att.net > To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu > References: <000e01c34df7$910b3ec0$6701a8c0@plantd> > > > > Petra, Any stalk with nice lusciously colored berries is subject to > attention not only by the mockingbirds but by the cat birds was well. I > seldom see any fully ripe berries on my Arum italicum, A. maculatum, > Arisaema triphyllum or A. dracontium not to mention any other aroid that > might set seed in my garden. The birds keep watch and don't allow any > other of their feather friends around until all of the berries are gone > and they do the same for Mahonia bealii and other edible berries. If I > were to allow my more exotic arisaemas to set seed I am sure that they > would do the same for them now that they have discovered how good they > are to eat. My numerous amorphophallus in the garden have been there for > at least ten years but never get big enough to flower. Should I be > interested in seeds I would cover each seed head with a knee high hose > as soon as the berries are good sized. > Ann Kline > Falls Church, Virginia USDA Zone 7, AHS Heat Zone 7 > > Petra Schmidt wrote: > > >I have to tell you that I just watched a mockingbird pick off an orange, > not > >quite ripe, amorph. konjac berry and fly off...the infructescence has lots > >of berries missing, a few lying on the ground below the plants there, but > >now I'm wondering if this bird has been coming by and sampling these > >berries? Anyone else witness birds eating amorph berries? > >Petra

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