[pbs] colchicums

Arnold Trachtenberg arnold at nj.rr.com
Sat Sep 27 10:05:44 EDT 2003


Some additional views of colchicum.  With speciosum added.  Note the 
ants all over the speciosum.  Bowles refers to   "myrmecochory" a 
mechanism of seed dispersal by ants.  Perhaps they also pollinate the 
speciosum  by climbing all over the fertile parts.


http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/Colchicum_Conquest9.JPG

http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/Colchicum_Rosy_Dawn11.JPG

http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/files/Colchicum_speciosum4.JPG

Arnold
New Jersey




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