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Old 16-12-2003, 02:42 PM
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Default unusual african "corn plant" blooms

Its not a "corn plant", you nimrod, nor is it at all unusual.

Its the widely grown Dracaena fragrans 'Massageana'.

It normally blooms this time of year but you probably never noticed it
before.
It easily blooms when mature but many growers remove the flower stems
because they take strength away from the plant.

It will not set fruit (yet alone produce fertile seed) because you need a
pollinator and the flowers are not self-fertile.


the moke monster wrote in message
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Anyone see this before?
http://www.barkless.com/pics/cornplant2.jpg

I have never seen it on this or any other corn plant. They are indoor
plants here in Seattle. The flowers are very fragrant after dark. I
just raised the humidity in the house and all the corn plants are

blooming.

Will this produce fertile seeds?

George
Seattle