Re: [Aroid-l] Anthurium superbum

From: George Yao <gcyao at mydestiny.net> on 2007.06.26 at 15:32:48(15872) Dennis, The one I saw clearly was showing a lot of pollen. I should have brought my camera. Next time it blooms, I will do that and post it. And I will tell my friend to be more dorky. :-D George +More At 6/25/2007 10:00 PM, you wrote: >It's my experience that A. superbum is extremely discreet about its >sexual phases, I could never see the pollen or fluid either. We used to >depend on the insects to pollinate our plants as we assumed they could >tell by smell when the inflorescences were fertile. In more recent days >I have actually gone out to the plants and run my fingers up and down >the spadices of the various phases hoping the this process would >transfersome the invisible pollen to the not so apparent stigmatic fluid >of the flowers in the receptive mood. Even though this method sounds >unscientific and really rather dorky, it works if you have time to go >out and run your fingers over them on a regular basis. At least the >insects have a good reason to be there. > >Denis >Silver Krome Gardens >Homestead Fl > >-----Original Message----- >From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com >[mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of George Yao >Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 8:37 AM >To: Discussion of aroids >Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Re: Anthurium superbum > > >Windy, > >I'm fine, thank you. :-) And, it looks like you are able to do what >others find hard! > >The reason I was curious was because recently I had a discussion with >a friend about his A. superbum. ( That should be A. super-bum, Ted. >Never saw the difference before. Haha...) We were looking at his >super-bum which had a bloom laden with pollen, so I told him to save >the pollen to pollinate the next bloom. He told me he had never seen >a receptive one before, as in no glistening droplets of liquid on the >spadix. We discussed the possible reasons, but not being experts, >came to no conclusion. > >Maybe you, Windy, and other experts can enlighten us? > >George > >At 6/23/2007 04:54 AM, you wrote: > > >Hi George, > > > >How are you doing. > >All my seedlings are seed grown, with seed from my plants. > >I don't do tissue culture. > > > >Aloha, Windy > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "George Yao" > >To: "Discussion of aroids" > >Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:18 PM > >Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Re: Anthurium superbum > > > > > >>Windy, > >> > >>Just curious. Are those from seed or tissue-culture? > >> > >>George Yao > >>Metro-Manila > >>Philippines > >> > >>At 6/21/2007 04:10 AM, you wrote: > >> > >>> > >>>Enid, > >>>Here's mine! Still small, but growing strong. > >>>Windy > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Aroid-l mailing list > >>>Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > >>>http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>>Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>>Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/854 - Release Date: > >>>6/19/2007 1:12 PM > >> > >> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: > >>269.9.1/854 - Release Date: 6/19/2007 1:12 PM > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Aroid-l mailing list > >>Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > >>http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Aroid-l mailing list > >Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: > >269.9.6/862 - Release Date: 6/22/2007 3:04 PM > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.6/862 - Release Date: 6/22/2007 >3:04 PM > > >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-l mailing list >Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-L mailing list >Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.6/865 - Release Date: >6/24/2007 8:33 AM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.8/869 - Release Date: 6/25/2007 5:32 PM _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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