Philodendron self-seeding

From: Don Bittel <donbit121 at hotmail.com> on 2009.08.21 at 01:30:42(19783) Dear All,       Has anyone heard of any philodendron setting seed on its own in cultivation outside of it's native range? I have a friend who collected a ripe infructesence from philo stenolobum, the wide leaf form, this summer. he has not done any hand pollinating on philo. before, and I explained that it is not always successful even when done right. I have given him seeds of stenolobum and speciosum before, and he said his looked just like those.       I have never seen any pollinators here in florida on philo flowers, but there must be something that helped this one set seed. any comments?   Don Bittel HTML +More Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. Try it now.--_0d4827c8-38a4-4a22-8d3e-d48c6da8631a_----==============239502043668378128=

From: <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2009.08.21 at 11:41:44(19798) Dear Don, Most interesting!  We had a report of this recently from Australia (same species!), and I asked that our mates ''down under'' keep an eye open for any possible pollinators down there. A couple of notes---we do have in Florida a species of Cyclocephala, the same genus of beetle which pollinates aroids in the wilds of South America.   They are small, light brown with darker spots, and swarm to lights here in summer.   This is a possibility.  I am also faced with trying to solve the puzzle of pollination of huge adult Montrichardia linnifera (ex: Trinidad) planted near the edge of the Everglades here in Palm Beach County! All I can add is that Mother Nature always seems to find a way for reproduction to take place! The Best, Julius HTML +More From: donbit121@hotmail.com To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:30:42 -0400 Subject: [Aroid-l] Philodendron self-seeding Dear All,       Has anyone heard of any philodendron setting seed on its own in cultivation outside of it's native range? I have a friend who collected a ripe infructesence from philo stenolobum, the wide leaf form, this summer. he has not done any hand pollinating on philo. before, and I explained that it is not always successful even when done right. I have given him seeds of stenolobum and speciosum before, and he said his looked just like those.       I have never seen any pollinators here in florida on philo flowers, but there must be something that helped this one set seed. any comments?   Don Bittel Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. Try it now.--_a07bdffa-39e9-44cd-80e5-3b7b5ad8f54f_----==============H47132088722007435=

From: Brian Williams <pugturd at windstream.net> on 2009.08.22 at 01:53:05(19814) Julius and other I have been finding a possible pollinator up north forAlocasias Colocasia and possibly other aroids. It seems the Japanesebeetle maybe making it's way into a few spaths. They seem to eat theinside of the Spath on most aroids and sometimes fall to the lowerchamber were they pollinate the inflorescence. They ate odd groovesinside the spath and it seemed all that I have found look to beintoxicated or close to death. The beetles are covered in pollen andbarely move possibly from struggling inside the spath for hours? Ihave seen this only a few times this year in Alocasia Colocasia and Dracunculusvulgaris. HTML +More --------------000608070300070908030805----==============84667471252980537=

From: "Christopher Rogers" <crogers at ecoanalysts.com> on 2009.08.23 at 15:40:11(19827) Howdy! Here in California I have found scarabs of genus Hoplia (Hoplia dispar?) pollinating Philodendron Zantedeschia, Arum, Dracunculus, and Arisaema. I have also found The dermested beetle Dermested marmoratus pollinating Dracunulus, Helicodiceros, and Arum. Cheers, Christopher HTML +More D. Christopher Rogers Senior Invertebrate Ecologist/ Taxonomist ((,///////////=======< EcoAnalysts, Inc. 1.530.383.4798 P.O. Box 4098 Davis, CA 95616 USA Invertebrate Taxonomy Endangered Species Ecological Studies Bioassessment Invasive Species Plankton Phycology IDAHO  CALIFORNIA  MISSOURI  PENNSYLVANIA  VANCOUVER WWW.ECOANALYSTS.COM  ECO@ECOANALYSTS.COM From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Brian Williams Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 6:53 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron self-seeding Julius and other I have been finding a possible pollinator up north for Alocasias Colocasia and possibly other aroids. It seems the Japanese beetle maybe making it's way into a few spaths. They seem to eat the inside of the Spath on most aroids and sometimes fall to the lower chamber were they pollinate the inflorescence. They ate odd grooves inside the spath and it seemed all that I have found look to be intoxicated or close to death. The beetles are covered in pollen and barely move possibly from struggling inside the spath for hours? I have seen this only a few times this year in Alocasia Colocasia and Dracunculus vulgaris. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.64/2321 - Release Date: 08/23/09 06:18:00 ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01CA23CD.542502E0 _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --==============‘32384140729543737==--

From: "mossytrail" <mossytrail at hctc.com> on 2009.08.26 at 00:16:26(19854) Seems like possibly an Aroideana item, especially if you can photographically document this. > ------------------------------ +More > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:53:05 -0400 > From: Brian Williams > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Philodendron self-seeding > To: Discussion of aroids > Message-ID: <4A8F4F81.2000901@windstream.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Julius and other I have been finding a possible pollinator > up north for Alocasias Colocasia and possibly other > aroids. It seems the Japanese beetle maybe making it's > way into a few spaths. They seem to eat the inside of the > Spath on most aroids and sometimes fall to the lower > chamber were they pollinate the inflorescence. They ate > odd grooves inside the spath and it seemed all that I > have found look to be intoxicated or close to death. The > beetles are covered in pollen and barely move possibly > from struggling inside the spath for hours? I have seen > this only a few times this year in Alocasia Colocasia and > /*Dracunculus vulgaris. */ -------------- next part > -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20090821/7ad20ef8/attachment.htm > > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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