colchicums

Arnold Trachtenberg arnold@nj.rr.com
Sat, 27 Sep 2003 07:05:44 PDT
Some additional views of colchicum.  With speciosum added.  Note the 
ants all over the speciosum.  Bowles refers to   "myrmecochory" a 
mechanism of seed dispersal by ants.  Perhaps they also pollinate the 
speciosum  by climbing all over the fertile parts.


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Arnold
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