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Jun 3, 2012 1:49 PM CST
Name: LariAnn Garner
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Evan,

The female flowers should be at the very base of the spadix, below the polyp-looking structures. If this plant should, in fact, be in the genus Typhonium, then that is the typical structure of the spadix on Typhonium, although I am surprised to see a sterile section without polyps between the male flower area and the female flower area. In some Typhonium species, the "polyps" are so extensive as the almost completely cover up the female flowers. Because of this, those Typhonium species are a bit challenging to pollinate, especially because the area of the spathe surrounding the female flowers is either on or slightly below soil level!

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