[Aroid-l] Anthurium fruiting

From: "Derek Burch" derek at horticulturist.com> on 2005.12.26 at 15:09:35(13657) 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 +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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