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unusual african "corn plant" blooms
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 |
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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 ... 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 |
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unusual african "corn plant" blooms
Mine is quite fragrant - sort like a paperwhite's scent. I remember looking
around trying to find the source of the fragrance and being astounded to find a bloom. Cheryl On 12/16/03 9:36 AM, in article , "Cereoid-UR12-" wrote: 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 ... 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 |
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unusual african "corn plant" blooms
I remember looking around trying to find the source of the fragrance and being astounded to find a bloom. Mine is over tem years old and this is the first time it has bloomed. The blooms also have sticky clear goop on them. George |
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unusual african "corn plant" blooms
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:36:34 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12-"
wrote: Its not a "corn plant", you nimrod, nor is it at all unusual. Its the widely grown Dracaena fragrans 'Massageana'. Uh, doesn't the fact that he put corn plant in quotes in the header suggest he knew that? k For more info about the International Society of Arboriculture, please visit http://www.isa-arbor.com/home.asp. For consumer info about tree care, visit http://www.treesaregood.com/ |
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