RE: [Aroid-l] Anthurium pallidiflorum

From: "D. Christopher Rogers" <crogers at ecoanalysts.com> on 2007.05.07 at 17:32:01(15655) Hiyer! I have an A. pallidiflorum also. I have never had any trouble with getting flowers, but then it always does get a big temperature drop in the winter. I have berries on about one fourth the inflorescences, without doing anything. Indeed, the plants are up about ten feet off the ground, so it is out of the way to go up and pollinate the plants. I might have a bunch of berries in the next week or so. Happy days, Christopher +More AUTOTEXTLIST \s "E-mail Signature" D. Christopher Rogers Invertebrate Ecologist/Taxonomist ((,///////////=====< EcoAnalysts, Inc. (530) 406-1178 166 Buckeye Street Woodland CA 95695 USA ● Invertebrate Taxonomy ● Invertebrate Ecological Studies ● Bioassessment and Study Design ● Endangered Invertebrate Species ● Zooplankton ● Periphyton/ Phytoplankton Moscow, ID ● Bozeman, MT ● Woodland, CA ● Neosho, MO ● Selinsgrove, PA www.ecoanalysts.com -----Original Message----- From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com]On Behalf Of mikekerlin@netscape.net Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 8:54 AM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Anthurium pallidiflorum I have an Anthurium pallidiflorum which had never bloomed since I got it. I shocked it this winter by placing it in a very cold window- too cold really- but it produced 4 inflorescences in the following 2 months. BUT the female flowers never produced any droplets along the spadices, although the inflorescences did produce scent and turn yellow, while producing lots of pollen. As a result, I got no berries. Does anyone know why the plant wouldn't produce the droplets, (like maybe I let it warm up too much when the blooms were active) or if this is what is supposed to happen with this species? Or is it an obligate out-crosser or something? Thanks, Mike Kerlin Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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