seed dispersal

[Tom and Ann Kline]

Hi,  The only way I am able to protect any arisaema seedhead is to cover the
whole seed head with one of my single/odd remaining knee-hi nylon hose. The
catbirds, mocking birds, blue jays and all the rest of the dozen of
fruit-eating birds we have never bother our seed heads until the are ready
to collapse and then I pick them and pur them in a glass of water until they
are completely ripe and ready to be cleaned.
Ann Kline; Falls Church, Virginia  USDA Zone 7; AHS Heat Zone 7
Anne Chambers wrote:

> MJ Hatfield wrote    >Do you agree that this is how Arisaema triphyllum
> seeds are dispersed in the wild?
>
> I just came back from a weekend away to find that a consanguineum
> seedhead near ground level which was in the process of colouring up had
> been mostly eaten - I think by our resident blackbird, she eats anything
> and everything. The other seedhead was still suspended and had not been
> eaten so the advice to suspend the seedheads indoors to dry is sound!
>
> Anne
> --
> Anne Chambers