Re: [Aroid-l] Monstera fruits - when ripe?

From: Michael Pascall <mickpascall at hotmail.com> on 2009.08.11 at 11:32:53(19691) Just because it has fruit , does not mean it has been pollinated . Out of 100 fruits eaten . maybe only 5 will have seeds , and then only a few . Michael Pascall, > Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:58:22 -0500 > From: samarak@gizmoworks.com HTML +More > To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Monstera fruits - when ripe? > > Tom, > > I have no idea what the pollinator might have been. We didn't notice any > insects on them during flowering, but an amazing variety of insects > - and sometimes other wildlife - passes through the greenhouse in the > summer. > > It's flowering again now - I'll try to keep an eye open for potential > pollinators. > > Steve > > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Tom Croat wrote: > > > Steve: > > > > I am kind of amazed that you have fruited a Monstera. What pollinated > > it? The fruits usually take nearly a year to develop on the big one but > > I think that on M. oblique the development time can be only a month or > > so. > > > > Tom > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com > > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Steve Marak > > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:11 PM > > To: Aroid list > > Subject: [Aroid-l] Monstera fruits - when ripe? > > > > Aroiders, > > > > I thought this topic had been discussed before on Aroid-L, but I can't > > find it - how long does it take Monstera fruits to ripen, and how does > > one tell they are ripe? > > > > Last year about this time, a Monstera cutting in the greenhouse (which > > had, of course, gone through into the ground) began flowering. Two > > fruits formed. I thought I remembered from that previous discussion that > > I can't find that it takes quite some time for them to ripen, so I > > wasn't concerned until I saw it flowering again the other day and > > realized it's a year later. > > -- Steve Marak > -- samarak@gizmoworks.com > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l Check the daily blob for the latest on what's happening around the web What goes online, stays online--_20ab13dc-6f00-4f8f-8994-4b624b55733c_----==============x79659403336969197=

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