Respected members, I am a silent reader of this group and enjoy learning about Indian flora here. Although I have mentioned this once before, I feel compelled to reiterate my displeasure at the slack attitude of the scientific community vis-à-vis citation of sources.
An uninformed, gullible reader could easily be misled into believing that Dr Bhagyashri Ranade (/ Madhuri Raut) is the author of the text in her email. In fact, the "detailed information" posted by her has clearly been copied from various sources with nary a credit or acknowledgment. The first sentence, "*blooms are conical ... greenish bract*", has been copied from Matt Glenn's site: http://www.easybloom.com/plantlibrary/plant/peace-lily-1 The next two sentences, "*an individual flower consist(s) of a central female structure ... when they are actually producing pollen*", have been copied from the fifth paragraph under the subhead "That beautiful spathe. Is it really a flower?" on this site: http://www.exoticrainforest.com/Spathiphyllum%20Clevelandii%20%20pc.htm The next two sentences, "*Flowering lasts 9 to 12 days ... all over the spadix during the male phase*", have been copied from the penultimate paragraph of Todd Boland's article 'Peace Lily Revisited': http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1953/ The next four sentences, "*The female flowers open first ... attracted to the flowers by their odour*", have been lifted from the antepenultimate paragraph of the aforementioned source, and the following sentence, "*In the morning hours ... soap-like fragrance*", from the penultimate paragraph of the same source. The next sentence, "*The flowers turn green ... and seed has been set*", appears in the comment posted by Aboutflowers.com [dated August 2010] on this site: http://www.aboutflowers.com/flower-a-plant-information-and-photos/plants/spathiphyllum.html The last two sentences, "*The fruit and its seeds ripen ... becomes soft and yellow*", have been copied from the final two paragraphs of Phoebe Strauss' article on this site: http://www.ehow.com/how_7994524_seeds-peace-lily-ripe.html I strongly disapprove of such misappropriation. Anybody who can exert the effort to indulge in such a copy-paste operation would certainly be capable of citing the source without breaking a sweat. I believe a group such as this ought to seriously focus on improving the essential credibility of the scientific interaction it hosts. With regards, Aggie Daman 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 >
