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21-11-2007, 12:41 AM posted to sci.bio.botany
Sean Houtman
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Zephyresque wrote in news:205b536c-f745-4f04-b716-
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Hey, my employer has a plant in her office that has just recently
bloomed for the first time. She was wondering if anyone knows under
what circumstances it will bloom. There is a picture at:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...r/IMG_0700.jpg
She also bought a red pepper for lunch the other day, and when she cut
it open she found this:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...r/IMG_0697.jpg
Any ideas on what might have caused that? She did cut into the green
part ( I think you can see the cut in the photo) and said it was
pretty much solid throughout.
Thanks.
The first image is a Calathea roseopicta, a member of the Maranta family,
they often have patterned leaves, and make good houseplants, but they
rarely flower outside of the rainforest.
http://aoki2.si.gunma-u.ac.jp/Botani...TMLs/Calathea-
roseopicta.html
http://www.denverplants.com/foliage/html/CalRoseoP.htm
The second looks like a second fruit developing inside another, you see
them sometimes.
Sean
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