[Aroid-l] Helicodiceros Flowering

From: James Waddick <jwaddick at kc.rr.com> on 2016.05.26 at 13:16:57 Friends, I=E2=80=99ve grown Helicodiceros musciverous in my Kansas City garden (USDA Zone 5/6) for many years. At first I was kind of surprised to see it return regularly even after winter lows of 0F and less. And I now have 4 blooming plants and other smaller plants.  I have a question. Is it common for this species to produce two flowering heads from a single tuber?  One plant produced a flower at the regular season and then about 2 weeks later a second bloom stem appeared and flowered from the same head of foliage.  I rarely get two flowers in the correct timing sequence to get fertile seeds, but this year had 5 flowers from 4 flowering plants.  Appreciate any thoughts about the rarity of this happening. Best Jim W.  Dr. James Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd Kansas City, MO 64152-2711 USA Phone     816-746-1949 --Apple-Mail=_ED46DAA4-E609-4DED-BBFD-43E9873D1321-- --===============8232956273718087949==

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