[Aroid-l] Philodendron sagittifolium at female anthesis!

From: Steve at ExoticRainforest.com (ExoticRainforest) on 2008.06.08 at 07:19:43(17804) At 2:00AM Sunday morning the event is almost visually complete. The spathe is again almost closed. The lower spathe has yet to open. The red enterior has faded to a dull orange and no female or male flowers were ever observed. It would appear this species closes around the beetles while they are mating inside and pollination occurs within the spathe tube. Anyone who cares to offer a more complete explanation is welcome to do so. I obviously do not fully understand what I have observed but would love to understand more. And that appears to be it for the photos of this event which lasted two days! Steve Lucas +More www.ExoticRainforest.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080608/6ab63e3b/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: spathe-event-complete-2-00A.gif Type: image/gif Size: 229925 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080608/6ab63e3b/attachment-0001.gif

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