Re: Taccarum weddellianum (was Flowering today ...)

**S* M* <samarak@gizmoworks.com>**

And the evidence so far is that the reason I've never gotten seeds of

this is that there's nothing here that pollinates it. I hand pollinated

between the two inflorescences, one a day or two older than the other,

and have an infructescence on the younger bloom.

Still to be seen if they mature and are viable, but I've never gotten

even this far with Synandrospadix, so I'm tentatively calling this one

self-compatible.

Ssteve

On 6/5/2023 10:11 PM, Steve Marak wrote:

Nothing exotic, but still fun.

The Amorphophallus bulbifer is one from a population that are

essentially tolerated weeds in an orchid greenhouse in Oklahoma - they

grow, they flower, something pollinates them, the seeds come up

everywhere, the owner pots up some to get them out of the walkways. I

should be so lucky. The weeds in my greenhouse are much less fun.

Taccarum weddellianum is easy and reliable. I have two mature tubers

in that pot and both flower every year. I've never gotten seeds, but

then I've never tried for them until this year because they always

make a few offsets. We'll see.

Steve

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