Re: Green Zantedeschia

From: Paul Tyerman tyerman at dynamite.com.au> on 2000.10.15 at 04:58:05(5558) Ray, This is the colour of the flower, not the effect as the flower ages. According to the owner she thought all along that it was just a leaf and then suddenly realised that it was a flower instead. Then the second flower emerged and matched it. Exactly the same colour as the leaf. Has never been any other colour. The spadix in the one I opened out was still fresh, rather than aged or setting seed. Still had pollen on it, so it certainly wasn't an "old" flower. I have no way of accessing either of the documents that you mentioned, nor would I know where to look. The plot thickens eh? Cheers. Paul Tyerman +More (Canberra, Australia) At 08:42 14/10/00 -0500, you wrote: >Paul, > >Did you watch the flowers develop? Many Zantedeschia have inflorescences >that match >your description as the flower matures. For species in section Aestivae, >the entire >spathe turns leaf-green and the spathe furls tightly, and there is often >a whitish patch at the interior base. The next step is for the flowering >stem to bend downward until the inflorescence touches the ground. > >Both ssp. of Z. albomaculata, Z. elliotiana, Z. jucunda, Z. pentlandii, >Z. rehmanii, and Z. valida >comprise this section. > >You'd could have a new hort. variety if the green color is there from the >beginning of blooming and persists >throughout the blooming period although some Z. rehmanii come close to >this. > >You might want to read these two papers on Zantedeschia. Both have >excellent keys and the latter >has beautiful colored photos as part of the key. > >Singh, Y., Van Wyk, A.E. & Baijnath, H. 1996. Taxonomic notes on the >genus Zantedeschia Spreng. (Araceae) in southern Africa. S. Af. J. Bot. >62(6): 321-324. > >Singh, Y., Van Wyk, A.E. & Baijnath, H. 1995. Know your arums: a >comprehensive guide to the genus Zantedeschia. Veld Flora 81: 54-55. > >Ray >GRSJr@Juno.com > >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > >

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