For the first time my young Trillium veitchii has made seeds in a kind of fleshy fruit.
The seeds have a kind of white stuff firmly attached to them. It is called ants bread, as the meaning of the plant is that the ants get interested in the seeds and carry it to other locations, taking care in that way for the propagation and the spreading of the specie.
My question now is if I have to take of the ants bread of the seed before sowing it or if it does not really matter ?
Thanks!
bonitin
i did not see this when you posted
did you find out what you wanted
here is a wonderful site with all kinds of Trillium information
http://www.trilliumresearch.org/
Dick
Hi Dick,
This is indeed a wonderful site you have found! Thank you so much, it answers all my questions and more than that.
Unfortunately, one morning the seeds had completely disappeared, and I suppose the ants or other culprits are to blame for that.
I'll try to be ahead of them this year.
i'm glad i was able to help, sorry for being so late
i love Trilliums along with Oxalis & ferns
i have added several species of all 3 to my woodlands here :-)
i have even been thinking about ordering the dbl Grandiflorum/snowbunting
http://www.rareplants.co.uk/product.asp?numRecordPosition=14&P_ID=305&strPageHistory=cat&strKeywords=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=81
from Paul Christians Rare plants nursery in the UK :-)
Dick
Dick,
I could spend hours to look at all these wonderful plants. Really interesting this nursery! So difficult to resist the temptation to order loads of them!
The trillium you fell for is marvelous but very pricy too!
Trillium are lovely little plants. I saw some growing wild in a forest in North Eastern Poland.
They are becoming more popular here and quite a few nurseries had them in woodland type displays at the large flower shows last year.
Perhaps yours will come up where the ants took them Bonitin.
That would be great, Pat!
