Ranunculus seeds/ amorphophallus
Åke Nordström (Thu, 22 Mar 2018 06:05:04 PDT)

Sounds strange that the Ranunculus petals should be involved with the ripening of seeds, they usually fall off soon after pollinating.

Still one meter of snow here in northern Sweden

/Åke

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From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of Jane Sargent
Sent: den 22 mars 2018 13:49
To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Subject: [pbs] amorphophallus

I was reading something about arctic plants that said that the shiny
petals of Ranunculus could focus light/heat on the developing seed in
the middle. The petals certainly are reflective. As children, we would
hold bouquets of buttercups under each other's chins to see the yellow
reflection and say "do you like butter?"

Thank you for the thermogenesis references. There's not a lot that
plants can't do. I just hadn't known that they could do that, too.

Today in Massachusetts we have a few inches of new snow, the hideous
stuff is still coming down, so no crocuses yet.

Jane Sargent

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