Plant Daddy

Monday, May 19, 2008

Ahhhhhhhhhh....Back to Plants...........

I was taking some photos of Spathiphyllum flowers in the greenhouse for a publication today. Below is a sample. This beauty is ready to pollinate. Note the glissening stigmatic surfaces. They are at the tips of each of the peaks - this inflorescense probably has 60-70 stigmatic surfaces. If pollinated properly each one could result in 5-8 seeds. So the number of Spathihyllum seedlings can multiply rapidly.