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  Re: Contractile roots
From: MJ Hatfield <oneota at ames.net> on 1997.09.11 at 14:08:32(1222)
Yes, I now understand contractile roots. Yesterday I dug up both an
Amorphophallus and an Arisaema to look at the roots (they were ready to
be dug anyway, I think). Do Arisaema have contractile roots too? Both
species seemed to have them.
Another surprise. I was crawling around looking at the plants in my
aroid bed and there, next to the ground, was a Sauromatum seed head with
what look like immature but fertile seeds. I know they bloomed after
being planted outside but I didn't know I had the proper pollinators. I
guess so. (Not quite as striking as the seed head of my A.konjac last
year.)
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