Orontium aquaticum

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From: StellrJ at aol.com on 2000.03.04 at 04:39:21(4134) Hi, aroiders. My last attempt to send this message disappeared into the void, so I am trying again, and have updated it. I just wanted to make a brief report. I am in Georgia for a few months, and have found Orontium aquaticum common in Okefenokee. I was surprised to see every plant in bloom, since most plants are dormant right now. In the Suwanee Canal, they grow as emergent aquatics, under a Cyrilla racemiflora canopy with some bald-cypress. Regular "house fly" type flies are the apparent pollinators. On the Chesser "Prairie," actually a shallow lake, they also grow as energent aquatics, and are one of three codominant species, the other two being Nymphaea sp. and Utricularia sp. I was unable to see the pollinator here. Since I will be in Okefenokee several times over these next months, I will continue watching the plants; hopefully, I will see at least the beginning of fruit development. How long does it generally take? Jason Hernandez +More Naturalist-at-Large

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.03.04 at 17:12:27(4143) Hi Jason, >From what I remember from when I grew this beautiful and rewarding aroid, the fruit develop quickly during the summer and fall off in late summer to float and quickly germinate while floating in water. Good luck, Julius +More >Hi, aroiders. My last attempt to send this message disappeared into the void, so I am trying again, and have updated it. I just wanted to make a brief report. I am in Georgia for a few months, and have found Orontium aquaticum common in Okefenokee. I was surprised to see every plant in bloom, since most plants are dormant right now. In the Suwanee Canal, they grow as emergent aquatics, under a Cyrilla racemiflora canopy with some bald-cypress. Regular "house fly" type flies are the apparent pollinators. On the Chesser "Prairie," actually a shallow lake, they also grow as energent aquatics, and are one of three codominant species, the other two being Nymphaea sp. and Utricularia sp. I was unable to see the pollinator here. Since I will be in Okefenokee several times over these next months, I will continue watching the plants; hopefully, I will see at least the beginning of fruit development. How long does it generally take? Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large<

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