Re: [Aroid-l] Monstera fruits - when ripe?

From: Steve Marak <samarak at gizmoworks.com> on 2009.08.11 at 06:58:22(19688) Tom, I have no idea what the pollinator might have been. We didn't notice any insects on them during flowering, but an amazing variety of insects - and sometimes other wildlife - passes through the greenhouse in the summer. It's flowering again now - I'll try to keep an eye open for potential pollinators. Steve +More On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Tom Croat wrote: > Steve: > > I am kind of amazed that you have fruited a Monstera. What pollinated > it? The fruits usually take nearly a year to develop on the big one but > I think that on M. oblique the development time can be only a month or > so. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Steve Marak > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:11 PM > To: Aroid list > Subject: [Aroid-l] Monstera fruits - when ripe? > > Aroiders, > > I thought this topic had been discussed before on Aroid-L, but I can't > find it - how long does it take Monstera fruits to ripen, and how does > one tell they are ripe? > > Last year about this time, a Monstera cutting in the greenhouse (which > had, of course, gone through into the ground) began flowering. Two > fruits formed. I thought I remembered from that previous discussion that > I can't find that it takes quite some time for them to ripen, so I > wasn't concerned until I saw it flowering again the other day and > realized it's a year later. -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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