Are Snowdrops Thermogenic?

KEVIN INKAWHICH kevin_ink@mac.com
Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:53:35 PDT
What are some species of thernogenic flowering plants?

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On Feb 9, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Carolyn Walker <carolynsshadegardens@verizon.net> wrote:

> David, You are so nice to follow up on my question.  I do believe that
> snowdrops may very well not be thermogenic even though conventional wisdom
> says they are.  However, I think you would need to test the buds as they
> come through the snow or are just opening.  In thermogenic plants, if the
> open flower has been pollinated, it turns off its heat.  It also turns off
> its heat when it judges that the ambient temperature is high enough for its
> purposes.  It would have to be pretty cold outside to insure that the heat
> was on.  Thermogenic flowers have developed some very tricky evolutionary
> tactics.  I wrote a short article on this, noting that I had posed the
> question to this forum: http://carolynsshadegardens.com/.  I very much
> appreciate everyone's help.  Carolyn
> 
> Carolyn Walker
> Carolyn's Shade Gardens
> http://www.carolynsshadegardens.com/ 
> carolynsshadegardens@verizon.net
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>   1. Re: Allium - UPDATE (santoury@aol.com)
>   2. Re: Allium - UPDATE (bulborum botanicum)
>   3. Re: Unknown Allium (Roy Herold)
>   4. Re: Allium - UPDATE (bulborum botanicum)
>   5.  Unknown Allium (Mark McDonough)
>   6. Re: Zephyranthes Sources (Alberto Castillo)
>   7. Thermogenesis in Amorphophallus (Mary Sue Ittner)
>   8. Re: Are Snowdrops Thermogenic? (David Pilling)
>   9. Re: Unknown Allium (J. Agoston)
>  10. Re: Allium - UPDATE (santoury@aol.com)
>  11. Re: Allium - UPDATE (bulborum botanicum)
>  12. Please help with Hippeastrum ID (Pham Minh Phuong)
>  13. Re: Please help with Hippeastrum ID (Del Allegood)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:49:46 -0500
> From: santoury@aol.com
> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Allium - UPDATE
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> Hey buddy
> That's a new website for me! I'd appreciate if you could check there for me.
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> Best, Jude
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> From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tue, Feb 8, 2011 4:46 pm
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Allium - UPDATE
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> If there is somebody who knows the answer it must be the onion man
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> If you are member from the SRGS ask him
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> otherwise I will ask it for you
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> http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5766.0
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> Roland
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> 2011/2/8  <santoury@aol.com>:
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>> PS - I forgot to mention, I can no longer find that single reference,
> which is 
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> why I'm on here asking!
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> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 23:03:57 +0100
> From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Allium - UPDATE
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> I asked it for you
> I let you know if Mark answers
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> Roland
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> 2011/2/8  <santoury@aol.com>:
>> Hey buddy
>> That's a new website for me! I'd appreciate if you could check there for
> me.
>> Best, Jude
> 
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> R de Boer
> La Maugardiere 1
> F 27260 EPAIGNES
> FRANCE
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> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:10:20 -0500
> From: Roy Herold <rherold@yahoo.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Unknown Allium
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> Probably Allium togasii. I grow it--very hardy, seeds around, not 
> terribly distinguished. Mine originally came from the the Onion Man's 
> G.A.R.L.I.C (Growing Allium and Related Liliaciae In Cultivation??) 
> society seed exchange, many years ago.
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> for more information. I see that Onion Man Mark calls it 'one of the 
> best little onions'. Mine probably needs more sun.
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> --Roy
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> santoury@aol.com wrote:
>> Hey guys
>> A buddy of mine shared some Allium seeds with me, and we found it on the
> internet, showing one single reference, and my seeds came from that single
> plant we found. The label is Allium toojayashii. 
>> I'd love more information about this species, and if I have it spelled
> wrong, correct me please. 
>> Best, Jude
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> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 23:34:24 +0100
> From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com>
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> Hello Jude
> 
> Mark says the same as Roy
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> reaction Mark:
> This is probably a name scramble of Allium togashii (published in
> Flora of Japan as A. togasii).  Then it would remain to be seen
> whether the plant is true to name.
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> Roland
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> 2011/2/8 bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com>:
>> I asked it for you
>> I let you know if Mark answers
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>> Roland
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> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 17:32:43 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mark McDonough <antennaria@charter.net>
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> santoury@aol.com wrote:
>> ===============
>> Hey guys, A buddy of mine shared some Allium seeds with me, and we 
>> found it on the internet, showing one single >reference, and my seeds 
>> came from that single plant we found. The label is Allium toojayashii.
>> I'd love more information about this species, and if I have it spelled 
>> wrong, correct me please.
>> Best, Jude
> 
> Hello Jude, a friend of yours (Roland de Boer) just posted your exact 
> same question on your behalf on the Scottish Rock Garden Club (SRGC) 
> Forum, which I answered.  The link is below:
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> http://srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php/…
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> Mark McDonough
> antennaria@charter.net
> Massachusetts, USA
> USDA Zone 5
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 23:55:11 +0000
> From: Alberto Castillo <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Zephyranthes Sources
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> Jim, one thing is a collection of species. A collection of hybrids is by now
> likely to be seriously virused. A very few of them are apomictic and can be
> propagated true from seed.
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> Regards
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>> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:30:26 -0600
>> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
>> From: jwaddick@kc.rr.com
>> Subject: [pbs] Zephyranthes Sources
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>> Dear Friends,
>> A friend in Shanghai would like to start a collection of 
>> Zephyranthes species and cvs. Can anyone suggest a good source that 
>> has a variety of forms.? Of course I'd prefer a source with 
>> reliable names and modest prices.
>> 
>> I think we may be talking about a couple hundred bulbs total 
>> depending on variety.
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>> Thanks for your assistance. Best Jim W.
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> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:28:32 -0800
> From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [pbs] Thermogenesis in Amorphophallus
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> I have added a link to the wiki Amorphophallus page of another 
> paper  about the thermogenesis of Amorphophallus titanum: A torch in 
> the rain forest: thermogenesis of the Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) .
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> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/….
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> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:51:31 +0000
> From: David Pilling <pbs@pilling.demon.co.uk>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Are Snowdrops Thermogenic?
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> Hi,
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> Took my digital infrared thermometer (a tenner on ebay) out to 
> interrogate the snowdrops. Sad to report the fully opened flowers have 
> the same temperature as the surroundings.
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> 
> -- 
> David Pilling
> email: david@pilling.demon.co.uk
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>  post: David Pilling, P.O. Box 22, Thornton-Cleveleys, Blackpool. FY5 1LR.
> UK
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:19:06 +0100
> From: "J. Agoston" <agoston.janos123@gmail.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Unknown Allium
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> I feel the urging need to get more info about G.A.R.L.I.C., beeing an
> Alliophil, it must be a heavenly place.
> Jan,
> Hungary
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:35:01 -0500
> From: santoury@aol.com
> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Allium - UPDATE
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> Thanks a million! 
> Jude
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> From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tue, Feb 8, 2011 5:03 pm
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Allium - UPDATE
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> 
> I asked it for you
> 
> I let you know if Mark answers
> 
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> Roland
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> 2011/2/8  <santoury@aol.com>:
> 
>> Hey buddy
> 
>> That's a new website for me! I'd appreciate if you could check there for
> me.
> 
>> Best, Jude
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> R de Boer
> 
> La Maugardiere 1
> 
> F 27260 EPAIGNES
> 
> FRANCE
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> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:35:49 +0100
> From: bulborum botanicum <bulborum@gmail.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Allium - UPDATE
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> Subject: New: [pbs]Gladiolus atroviolaceus
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> Is there a member who has Gladiolus atroviolaceus bulbs or seeds available
> best is from Loco Naturalis with collection number
> from a few different places
> 
> I am also looking for other EurAsian species
> for a Gladiolus collection
> 
> Roland
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> -- 
> R de Boer
> La Maugardiere 1
> F 27260 EPAIGNES
> FRANCE
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> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 23:48:15 +0800
> From: Pham Minh Phuong <phamminhphuong@gmail.com>
> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [pbs] Please help with Hippeastrum ID
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> Hi,
> I am a new Hippeastrum collector. Now, my bulbs are producing flowers
> but I do not know which species they belong to. Please give a check
> and help me to clarify.
> Bulb number 1
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/IMG_1996.jpg
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/P1010658.jpg
> Bulb number 2
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/IMG_2086.jpg
> Bulb number 3
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/IMG_2080.jpg
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/IMG_2062.jpg
> I am looking to hear your reply. Thank you so much.
> Sincerely yours,
> Pham
> 
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> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:37:53 -0800 (PST)
> From: Del Allegood <npublici@yahoo.com>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Please help with Hippeastrum ID
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> Your blooms appear to be hybrids,possibly seedlings of commercial
> varieties,to 
> me.
> 
> Del
> 
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> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 10:48:15 AM
> Subject: [pbs] Please help with Hippeastrum ID
> 
> Hi,
> I am a new Hippeastrum collector. Now, my bulbs are producing flowers
> but I do not know which species they belong to. Please give a check
> and help me to clarify.
> Bulb number 1
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/IMG_1996.jpg
> 
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/P1010658.jpg
> 
> Bulb number 2
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/IMG_2086.jpg
> 
> Bulb number 3
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/IMG_2080.jpg
> 
> http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m627/…
> n/IMG_2062.jpg
> 
> I am looking to hear your reply. Thank you so much.
> Sincerely yours,
> Pham
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