Thanks Madhuri ji for sharing this excellent series of photographs and detailed information
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Bhagyashri ji for sharing these beautiful series of photographs of > peace lily and thanks also for the information shared. Good effort.. > > Regards > Prashant > > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dec 2011 and Jan 2012 >> >> Sharing images of Spathiphyllum wallisii at a private society at Pune >> >> Family Araceae >> >> Common name Peace lily >> >> Blooms are conical clumps of small flowers borne on a stalk surrounded by >> a large white or greenish bract. An individual flower consists of a >> central female structure with a stigma at its center and several male >> flowers surrounding that stigma. These male flowers are difficult to >> observe except during male anthesis when they are actually producing >> pollen. Flowering lasts 9 to 12 days (although the attractive white spathe >> may be evident for weeks), with the female phase lasting 4 to 5 days, >> followed immediately by the male phase of 4 to 6 days. Pollen is >> continuously produced all over the spadix during the male phase. The female >> flowers open first (i.e., are receptive to pollen) and after a period of >> time, ‘close'. Once closed the males open to release pollen. This delay >> between male and female flowers prevents self-pollination. Pollination is >> mostly via flies, bees or beetles that are attracted to the flowers by >> their odour. In the morning hours, plants produce a spicy to soap-like >> fragrance >> >> The flowers turn green when they have been pollinated and seed has been >> set. The fruit and its seeds ripen four to six months after pollination.When >> ripe the spadix becomes soft and yellow >> -- >> Regards >> Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade >> > >
