Thanks Robert. I looked it up - myrmecochory. Very cool. The ants take back the seeds to the nest and eat the nutritious coating on the seed, which is then in a perfect place for germination. Mutualism at its best! Shmuel On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 10:19 PM Robert Parks via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Cyclamen seed were probably transported by ants. > > Robert > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:18 PM Shmuel Silinsky via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > In a public park near Tell Aviv I spotted these "weeds". Cyclamen > persicum > > growing between stones in a dry wall. I have no idea how the seeds got > into > > those cracks. And Arum hygrophylum at the base of the wall. Note flowers > > and seeds forming at the same time. This scene was repeated all along > this > > 50 meter long wall. > > Shmuel Silinsky > > Jerusalem, Israel > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: IMG20210331125925.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 2040045 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
