Re: [aroid-l] amorphophallus and mockingbirds

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




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