This morning, as always, I checked my plants to see if any of the crosses I've done lately have ripened berries ready for seed extraction. Today the first pod on my Philodendron paludicola has finally ripened up. I did a number of Philo crosses this Spring, but this one has taken the longest to ripen up. Even pollen used from this plant for crosses on others yielded berries that have not only ripened already, but have produced seedlings that are growing!
The picture at right shows the plant when the bloom whose berries I just harvested was newly open. Female anthesis was in mid evening so that is why the picture was taken in the dark. Note that the plant is in a bucket of water - that's how P. paludicola likes it!
Also on the docket today is a small batch of hybrid Caladium seeds that I harvested yesterday; they are in need of being planted today. This is the last of the 2011 Caladium hybrid seeds of a very busy Spring. I'm now looking at thousands of tiny Caladium seedlings. Help!!
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