Re(2): bamboo
- To: s*@nr.infi.net
- Subject: Re(2): bamboo
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:30:10 -0700
salvia@nr.infi.net writes:
>Moira
>
>I believe there are some Agaves (Century plant) that behave similarly
>(they
>are also spectacular in bloom, I understand, or is it the rarity of the
>display?)
>
>Comments, anyone?
Well the most spectacular monocarpic plant I have heard of is Corypha
umbraculifera, or the Talipot palm. It's from India and all of it's life
is spent saving up the energy to bloom. Once it does it sends up what I
hear is the largest Inflorsecence , and then dies when the fruit ripens.
there is a picture of one in bloom here:
http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/Pics/corypha_umbraculifera1.JPG
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