RE: [Aroid-l] Anthurium fruiting

From: "Denis Rotolante" denis at skg.com> on 2005.12.27 at 21:19:27(13659) No apparent pattern? Try counting the number of seed per berry, the relative size of seeds in each berry and whether the has fruit has seed or just chaff. These factors can vary between fruits on same infructescence. It may not be as random as you think. Something is obviously controlling the ripening hormones in each fruit/berry. Some of the pattern may be random but not all of the ripening. Denis +More Silver Krome Gardens -----Original Message----- [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Derek Burch Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 10:10 AM To: 'Discussion of aroids' Subject: [Aroid-l] Anthurium fruiting One of my large birdsnest anthuriums that has not fruited before is now giving me a beautiful mass of bright scarlet fruit. I am curious about a phenomenon which I have seen before on other big birdsnest species, that is that as the fruits ripen they sooner or later pop out of the matrix of the spadix and hang on a short thread. How widespread is this through the genus? The shape of the fruit (like a candycorn) makes it very poppable, and the almost random ripening of the fruits dotted all over the spadix also makes the popping more likely as the remaining fruit around any given one swell. I don't really have questions about this, apart from wondering how widespread it is, and also why the fruits reach maturity with no apparent pattern and over such an extended period, but would welcome anyone's observations or comments. Idle thoughts for an idle day. Best wishes to everyone. Derek _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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