Re: Anthurium crystallinum from seeds

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 2000.10.15 at 01:43:17(5555) In a message dated 10/8/2000 4:12:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, zzamia@hargray.com writes: > First is this truly +More > A. crystallinum? If it is the straight species there should be no problem. > A. crystallinum is often confused with A. clairinervium. A. clairnervium has > orange seeds and A. crystallinum has white to purple seeds. yes, neil, these are purple berries. the seeds are light in color, as most are. > Did the berries 'pop out' of the infructescence? They are ripe when they > 'pop out'. Did you remove the seed from the berry? i removed the seeds from teh berries. perhaps they were a bit green? however, they did seem mature to me although not rotting. > Did the berries set by themselves or did you make a pollination? they were collected at a local garden. > The reason I ask if this is a true species is that sometimes hybrids ( and > there are quite a few hybrids of A. crystallinum around) are sterile. they were clearly labeled crystallinum. thank you and dennis for your replies. tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA http://www.egroups.com/group/orchidspecies

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