Re: [aroid-l] amorphophallus and mockingbirds

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2003.07.23 at 09:22:33(10432) Dear Harry, It just might have been the birds and not the kids! (or maybe a combination of both??) As I mentioned in a previous post to Petra, to me there is no surprise that a native American fruit-eating bird would take advantage of the availability and eat some attractivly colored and tasty fruit! Julius +More >>Along these lines. You may remember I offered some Amorph kuisianus seed last year and the day before I was to ship them all out I had a problem with grandkid finger blight and the seeds disappeared to be later located in the ground close by 'planted'. Well a year has passed and I'm wondering about the estate (not really) and notice in a totally different part of the woods a young kuisianus seedling where I have never had one and I don't believe the grandkids put them. Is there any record of this species over wintering as deposited seed? Maybe this is the case of a bird highjacking.<< At 09:13 AM 7/19/2003 -0400, you wrote: >I have to tell you that I just watched a mockingbird pick off an orange, not >quite ripe, amorph. konjac berry and fly off...the infructescence has lots >of berries missing, a few lying on the ground below the plants there, but >now I'm wondering if this bird has been coming by and sampling these >berries? Anyone else witness birds eating amorph berries? >Petra > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.501 / Virus Database: 299 - Release Date: 7/14/2003 Harry Witmore Zone 7 NC Cloud Jungle Art Epiphytes.Org Cloud Jungle ePiphytes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.501 / Virus Database: 299 - Release Date: 7/14/2003

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