Little did we suspect the extreme toxicity of ranunculus! I'm just a little South of you in New London CT, where we seem to have whistled past the worst of the storm. Purple crocus are under an inch of soggy snow. We'll see what remains.... Rick Buell -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 3/22/18, Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> wrote: Subject: [pbs] amorphophallus To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018, 8:49 AM 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 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…