Re: honey bees
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: honey bees
- From: m* l*
- Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 11:58:14 -0700
At 12:55 PM 2/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>True, but that is because the flowers (and the decaying fruit) smell like
>putrid rotting meat. These trees are pollinated by flies.
>
>Not a really nice tree to have close to the patio!!
>
>Lera Cavanaugh
>Brighton, Michigan
>Zone5
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>I know of one tree/shrub that honey bees are not attracted to. The Paw
>Paw, Asimina triloba. The small brownish purple flowers draw very few
>bees of any kind.
>
I've never stuck my nose in a PawPaw flower, but I have been sufficiently
close to put an index finger in the flower and noodle the pollen around.
Didn't smell anything, good or bad. Never had rotting fruit under my trees.
Amorphophalli (is that the plural?) are pollinated by carrion flies, and as
I recall, so is ginger. Either my smeller is way off or else PawPaw
blossoms only attract carrion flies that are close to begin with. Margaret
L
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